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# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bangs, Nathan

​BANGS, Nathan, educator, was born at Stratford, Conn., May 2, 1778. He received a limited education; taught school in Canada and became an itinerant preacher in the Methodist church. He joined the New York conference of that church in 1820. He was married to Mary Bolton; became agent of the Methodist book concern in 1820, and editor of the Methodist Magazine, and editor of the Christian Advocate and of the various publications of the concern in 1828. He became editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review in 1832; a founder and secretary of the Methodist missionary society in 1836, and president of Connecticut Wesleyan university in 1841, serving one year. His son, Francis Nehemiah (1828-85), A. B. University of the City of New York, 1845, attended Yale law school; practised in New York with John Sedwick, and became president of the New York bar association. He published "History of the Methodist Episcopal Church from its Origin in 1776 to the General Conference of 1840" (4 vols.), "Christianism," "Errors of Hopkinsianism," "Predestination Examined," "Reformer Reformed," " Methodist Episcopacy," "Life of Rev. Freeborn Garrettson." "Authentic History of the Missions under the Care of the Methodist Episcopal Church," "The Original Church of Christ," "Essay on Emancipation," "State and Responsibilities of the Methodist Episcopal Church," "The Necessity, Nature, and Fruits of Sanctification: in a Series of Letters to a Friend" (1851); "Life of Arminius," "Scriptural Vindication of the Orders and Powers of the Ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church." His life has been fully written by Abel Stevens. He died in New York city, May 3, 1862.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Banks, David

​BANKS, David, law publisher, was born in Newark, N. J., in 1796. He fitted himself for the legal profession, and practised in partnership with Charles Brainard until 1819, when he entered into co-partnership with Stephen Gould in establishing a law-book store and publishing concern. Their business, ably managed, rapidly increased, and developed finally into one of the largest law-publishing houses in the United States. He was alderman of New York city for ten years and for a time president of the board. He died in New York city Oct. 13, 1871.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bancroft, Frederic

​BANCROFT, Frederic, librarian, was born in Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 30, 1860. He was graduated from Amherst college in 1882, studied law and political science at Columbia college, and went to Europe, where he spent a semester in Göttingen university. After taking his degree he occupied two and a half years in the study of history, political economy and diplomacy at Berlin, Freiburg (Baden) and in the Ećole des Sciences Politiques at Paris. In Freiburg he was a special student in United States history of the historian Von Holst. In the spring of 1888 he was lecturing at Amherst college on the political history of the civil war and reconstruction, when he was appointed by Secretary Bayard the chief of the bureau of rolls and library in the department of state. In 1885 he printed for private circulation "The Negro in Politics, Especially in South Carolina and Mississippi." While in Berlin and Paris, he was the occasional correspondent of the New York Evening Post and the Epoch. In 1889 he won a prize lectureship in the Columbia school of political science, and lectured on the diplomatic history of the United States. Dr. Bancroft contributed to Harper's Weekly and to the Political Science Quarterly, and wrote a "Life of William H. Seward." He received the degrees of A. B., and A. M., from Amherst, that of Ph. D., from Columbia, in 1885, and LL. D., from Knox in 1900.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bankhead, James

​BANKHEAD, James, soldier, was born in Virginia in 1783, son of James Bankhead, a revolutionary officer. His tastes pointed to a military life and he joined the army as captain of the 5th infantry, June 18, 1808, and rose by successive steps to the rank of lieutenant colonel of the 3d artillery, April 26, 1832. He saw active service and won brevet rank as colonel for distinguished bravery in the Florida campaign, and afterwards in the Mexican war received a like honor for conspicuous gallantry at Vera Cruz in command of the 2d artillery, when he received the brevet rank of brigadier-general, March 29, 1847. In the following year he was commander of Orizaba, a department in Mexico, and at the time of his death had charge of the military department of the east. His son, John Pine Bankhead, was a U.S. naval officer during the civil war. General Bankhead died in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 11, 1856.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bancroft, Hubert Howe

​BANCROFT, Hubert Howe, historian, was born in Granville, Ohio, May 5, 1832, son of Ashley and Lucy (Howe) Bancroft. His ancestors immigrated to America from England two centuries previously and settled in Connecticut, whence his father removed to Ohio. He devoted some time in preparing for college, but in his sixteenth year decided to enter business life, and was employed by his brother-in-law, a bookseller in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1851 he joined his father, who was mining in California, and remained there nearly four years, accumulating sufficient money to enable him to establish himself in San Francisco as a bookseller and stationer, afterwards adding publishing, printing and bookbinding departments. The business soon extended from Canada to Mexico, and branches were established in Hawaii, China and Japan. As early as 1859 Mr. Bancroft determined to make use of the vast amount of valuable historical material which would eventually be lost sight of for want of a recorder to put it into readable shape. At first his intention was to produce a comprehensive history of California, but his researches led him to enlarge his plans, and to make a history which should embrace the western half of North America, including all of Mexico and Central America. He travelled throughout Europe and America in search of material, and established agencies in all the principal cities. Hundreds of living witnesses to the early history of the coast were interviewed, government and family archives were searched, and thousands of stray documents were collected and filed. The first results of this vast amount of labor was "The native Races of the Pacific States of North America" in five volumes, the last of which appeared in 1876. His "History of the Pacific States of North America" (34 vols., 1882-'90), comprises the following, each volume complete in itself: "Central America," vols. 1-3; "Mexico," 4-9; "North Mexican States and Texas," 10-11; "Arizona and New Mexico," 12; "California," 13-19; "Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming," 20; "Utah," 21; "The Northwest Coast," 22-23; "Oregon," 24-25; "Washington, Idaho, and Montana," 26; "British Columbia," 27; "Alaska," 28; "California Pastoral," 29; "California Interpocula, " 30; "Popular Tribunals," 31-32; "Essays and Miscellanies." 33; "Literary Industries," 34. He is also the author of "A Brief Account of the Literary Undertakings of Hubert Howe Bancroft" (1882); "History of Utah, 1540-1887" (1890); "Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth" (6 vols., 1891-'92); "Resources and Development of Mexico" (1893): and "The Book of the Fair."
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bankhead, John H.

​BANKHEAD, John H., representative, was born at Moscow, Marion county, Ala., Sept. 13, 1842. During the civil war he served four years in the Confederate army and was three times wounded. He represented his native county in the general assembly of Alabama during 1865, '66 and '67, and was a member of the state senate 1876-77. He was elected a member of the house of representatives of the state under the new constitution and served, 1880-'81, and at the end of his term was appointed warden of the state penitentiary, serving 1881 to 1885. In 1886 he was elected a representative to the 50th congress as a Democrat, and was re-elected to the 51st, 52d, 53d, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th congresses.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bankhead, John Pine

​BANKHEAD, John Pine, naval officer, was born in South Carolina, Aug. 3, 1821; son of James Bankhead, an army officer in the Mexican ​war, and grandson of James Bankhead, a soldier of the revolutionary war. At the age of seventeen he entered the navy as a midshipman, and after fourteen years of faithful service won promotion to the rank of lieutenant. His first station in the civil war was on board the Susquehanna; later he commanded the Pembina at the capture of Port Royal, and was commanding the Florida when Fernandina was taken March 4, 1862. He received his commandership in the same year and was appointed to the Monitor. He displayed both bravery and presence of mind when that ship foundered off Cape Hatteras, Dec. 31, 1862, and to his efforts was mainly due the preservation of the crew. He was the last to leave the already half-sunken vessel. After the close of hostilities, he was attached to the East India squadron as commander of the Wyoming. He received his captaincy in 1866. The declension of his health caused his resignation early in 1867, and he died on shipboard on his way home when near Aden, April 27, 1867.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bancroft, Edward

​BANCROFT, Edward, author, was born at Westfield. Mass., Jan. 9, 1744. Having a natural love for adventure, he left home at an early age, and shipped on a vessel. A second voyage took him to Guiana, where he engaged in the practice of medicine. He afterwards went to England where he devoted himself to literary work. Through the influence of Benjamin Franklin he became a writer on the Monthly Review. He was suspected of aiding in the attempt to burn the Portsmouth dock-yard and was obliged to take refuge in France, in 1777, where, through his acquaintance with Silas Deane, commissioner of the Continental Congress, he obtained intelligence about American Continental affairs of use to the British government, and he imparted his knowledge to the British ministry. He was in the employ of both the English and Continental governments as a spy. He accumulated a large fortune by securing patents from England and France for exclusive right to import yellow oak bark for dyeing purposes. He was a member of the Royal college of physicians in London, and a fellow of the Royal society. His publications include "Natural History of Guiana" (1769); "Remarks on the Review of the Controversy between Great Britain and Her Colonies" (1771); "Charles Wentworth"; "Experimental Researches Concerning Permanent Colors" (1794); "Philosophy of Permanent Colors" (2 vols., 1813), and many short articles. He died in England, Sept. 8, 1820.
# The Brain, within its Groove

Poem, first published 1890. Johnson number 556; Franklin number 563.
* "The brain within its groove" in Poems (1890)
* "The brain within its groove" in The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1924)
# The Brass Bowl

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Filmed in 1924.
Layout 2
THE BRASS BOWL
He began to wade cautiously shoreward Page 54
THE
BRASS BOWL
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
Author of
"THE BLACK BAG," "The Private War," etc.
With Four Illustrations By ORSON LOWELL
A. L. BURT COMPANY, Publishers
NEW YORK
Copyright 1907
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
March
Is this a shape for reputation
And modesty to masque in?
—More Dissemblers Besides Women
CONTENTS
* ChapterPage
* IDust1
* IIPost-Prandial20
* III"Handsome Dan"65
* IVMidsummer Night's Madness89
* VIncognito119
* VIEugene's at Two141
* VIIIllumination150
* VIIIDance of the Hours174
* IXProcrastination207
* XConsequences219
* XI"Dan"—Quixote240
* XIIOn Reconsideration266
* XIIIFlight272
* XIVRetribution285
* XVThe Price313
* XVIRecessional348
* XVIIConfessional359
THE BRASS BOWL
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# The Braggart

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First published in The Muse among the Motors (1904)
Mat. Prior.
Petrolio, vaunting his Mercedes' power, Vows she can cover eighty miles an hour. I tried the car of old and know she can. But dare he ever make her? Ask his man!
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# The Brain—is wider than the Sky—

The Brain — is wider than the Sky — For — put them side by side — The one the other will contain With ease — and You — beside —
The Brain is deeper than the sea — For — hold them — Blue to Blue — The one the other will absorb — As Sponges — Buckets — do —
The Brain is just the weight of God — For — Heft them — Pound for Pound — And they will differ — if they do — As Syllable from Sound —
# The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/II Sir

II[6]*
(Translated from [7]Bengali)
VRINDABAN,
20th Aug., 1888.
DEAR SIR,
An aged brother-disciple of mine who has just come back to Vrindaban after visiting Kedarnath and Badrinath met Gangadhar. Twice did Gangadhar ascend up to Tibet and Bhutan. He is in great happiness and felt overwhelmed and wept at the meeting. He spent the winter at Kankhal. The Karoâ (waterpot) you gave him, he still keeps with him. He is coming back and is expected at Vrindaban this very month. So in the hope of meeting him, I postpone my going to Hardwar for some days. Please convey my deepest respects to the Brahmin devotee of Shiva who is with you and accept the same yourself.
Yours etc.,
VIVEKANANDA.
# The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/CX Miss S. E. Waldo

CX
AIRLIE LODGE, RIDGEWAY GARDENS,
WIMBLEDON,
8th October, 1896.
DEAR (MISS S. E. WALDO),
. . . I had a fine rest in Switzerland and made a great friend of Prof. Paul Deussen. My European work in fact is becoming more satisfactory to me than any other work, and it tells immensely on India. The London classes were resumed, and today is the opening lecture. I now have a hall to myself holding two hundred or more. ...
You know of course the steadiness of the English; they are the least jealous of each other of all nations, and that is why they dominate the world. They have solved the secret of obedience without slavish cringing — great freedom with great law-abidingness.
I know very little of the young man R—. He is a Bengali and can teach a little Sanskrit. You know my settled doctrine. I do not trust any one who has not conquered "lust and gold". You may try him in theoretical subjects, but keep him off from teaching Raja-Yoga — that is a dangerous game except for the regularly trained to play at. Of Saradananda, the blessing of the greatest Yogi of modern India is on him — and there is no danger. Why do you not begin to teach? . . . You have a thousand times more philosophy than this boy R—. Send notices to the class and hold regular talks and lectures.
I will be thousand times more pleased to see one of you start than any number of Hindus securing success in America — even one of my brethren. "Man wants Victory from everywhere, but defeat from his own children". . . . Make a blaze! Make a blaze!
With all love and blessings,
VIVEKANANDA.
# The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/C Shashi

C
(Translated from Bengali)
63 ST. GEORGE'S ROAD, LONDON S.W.,
24th June, 1896.
DEAR SHASHI,
Max Müller wants all the sayings of Shri Ramakrishna classified, that is, all on Karma in one place, on Vairagya in another place, so on Bhakti, Jnana, etc., etc. You must undertake to do this forthwith. ... We must take care to present only the universal aspect of his teachings. . . .
Sharat starts for America tomorrow. The work here is coming to a head. We have already got funds to start a London Centre. Next month I go to Switzerland to pass a month or two there, then I shall return to London. What will be the good of my going home? — This London is the hub of the world. The heart of India is here. How can I leave without laying a sure foundation here? Nonsense! For the present, I shall have Kali here, tell him to be ready. ...
We want great spirit, tremendous energy, and boundless enthusiasm, no womanishness will do. Try to go on exactly as I wrote to you in my last. We want organisation. Organisation is power, and the secret of this is obedience.
Yours affectionately,
VIVEKANANDA.
# The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/CXX Alberta

CXX
HOTEL MINERVA, FLORENCE,
20th Dec., 1896.
DEAR ALBERTA,
Tomorrow we reach Rome. I will most possibly come to see you day after tomorrow as it will be late in the night when we reach Rome. We stop at the Hotel Continental.
With all love and blessings,
VIVEKANANDA.
# The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/III Sir

III[6]*
(Translated from [7]Bengali)
Salutation to Bhagavan Ramakrishna!
THE BARANAGORE MATH,
19th Nov., 1888.
RESPECTED SIR,
I have received the two books sent by you and am filled with joy to read your wonderfully affectionate letter which betokens your broad, generous heart. No doubt, it is due to good merit of my previous births that you show, sir, so much kindness to a mendicant like me who lives on begging. By sending your gift of the "Vedanta", you have laid under lifelong obligation not only myself but the whole group of Shri Ramakrishna's Sannyasins. They all bow down to you in respect. It is not for my own sake alone that I asked of you the copy of Pânini's grammar; a good deal of study, in fact, is given to Sanskrit scriptures in this Math. The Vedas may well be said to have fallen quite out of vogue in Bengal. Many here in this Math are conversant with Sanskrit, and they have a mind to master the Samhitâ portions of the Vedas. They are of opinion that what has to be done must be done to a finish. So, believing that a full measure of proficiency in the Vedic language is impossible without first mastering Panini's grammar, which is the best available for the purpose, a copy of the latter was felt to be a necessity. The grammatical work Mugdhabodha, which we studied in our boyhood, is superior in many respects to Laghukaumudi. You are yourself, however, a deeply learned man and, therefore, the best judge we can have in this matter. So if you consider the Ashtâdhyâyi (Panini's) to be the most suitable in our case, you will lay us under a debt of lifelong gratitude by sending the same (provided you feel it convenient and feel so inclined). This Math is not wanting in men of perseverance, talent, and penetrative intellect. I may hope that by the grace of our Master, they will acquire in a short time Panini's system and then succeed in restoring the Vedas to Bengal. I beg to send you two photographs of my revered Master and two parts of some of his teachings as given in his homely style compiled, and published by a certain gentleman — hoping you will give us the pleasure of your acceptance. My health is now much improved, and I expect the blessings of meeting you within two or three months. . . .
Yours etc.,
VIVEKANANDA.
# The Book of Scottish Song/The simmer sun

The simmer sun.
[Robert Gilfillan.—Tune, "The Lea Rig."]
The simmer sun now blinks again, The laverock seeks the morning sky, The gowan glitters on the plain, The daisy on the mountain high; And blythe my laddie on the hill Sings wi' a heart, save true love, free; His sang it seems to please me still, Although I ken 'tis a' 'bout me!
He speaks o' love, I think o' nane, He says without me he wad dee; I bid him woo some ither ane, But aye he fondly turns to me. His pipe is sweetest on the hill, His voice is saftest on the lea; I canna lo'e the laddie ill That's aye sae unco fond o' me.
The bee is for the moorland bound, The mavis sings the braes amang, And nature, in her happy round, Is rife wi' music, mirth, an' sang. Alake! my heart, whaur wilt thou gang? 'Tis no as it has been wi' thee! To be sae coy is surely wrang, The laddie's aye sae kind to me.
# The Book of Scottish Song/The mighty Munro

The mighty Munro.
[William Finlay of Paisley.]
Come, brawny John Barleycorn, len' me your aid, Though for such inspiration aft dearly I've paid, Come cram up my noddle, and help me to show, In true graphic colours, the mighty Munro.
O! could ye but hear him his stories rehearse, Whilk the like was ne'er heard o', in prose or in verse, Ye wad laugh till the sweat doon your haffets did flow, At the matchless, magnificent, mighty Munro. ​With such pleasing persuasion, he blaws in your lug, Ye wad think that the vera inanimate jug, Whilk stauns on the table, mair brichtly doth glow At the wild witching stories o' mighty Munro.
Such care-killing capers—such glorious riggs, Such cantrin' on cuddies, and cadging in gigs, Such rantin', and jauntin', and shouting, and show, Could ne'er be display'd but by mighty Munro.
Great Goliah o' Gath, who came out and defied, With the big swelling words o' vain glory and pride, The brave armies of Israel, as all of ye know, Was a dwarf looking bodie, compared wi' Munro.
And Sampson, that hero, who slew men en masse Wi' naething but just the jaw bane o' an ass; And drew down a house on himsel' and the foe, Was a puir feckless creatur' compared wi' Munro.
The chivalrous knight of la Mancha, 'tis true, And Baron Munchausen, had equals but few; Their exploits have astonished the warl, but lo' Both the Don and the Baron must bow to Munro.
But a tythe o' his merit nae words can impart, His errors are all of the head not the heart; Though his tongue doth a little too trippingly go, Yet a guid chiel at bottom, is mighty Munro.
Though the lamp o' his fame will continue to burn, When even his dust to the dust shall return, And for ages to come a bright halo will throw O'er the mouldering remains o' the mighty Munro.
# The Book of Scottish Song/The primrose blooms

The primrose blooms.
[George Taylor.]
The primrose blooms by burn and brae,
The cowslip on the lea;
The birds are singing sangs of love,
And a' is glad but me.
I heed not summer's joyfu' sounds,
For me its beauty's vain;
There's dool upon my burden'd heart,
The weight o' cureless pain.
How can I bear to hear the birds
Send music from the tree?
It minds me o' my Mary's voice,
That speaks nae mair to me!
How can I sit beside the flowers,
And see them smile sae fair?
They mind me o' my Mary's face
That smiles on me nae mair.
The summer soon will pass awa',
The flowers will drop and dee;
And nature's dowie look will then
Be mair in tune wi' me. ​The sangsters' glee will a' be hush'd, Like me they'll sadness ken; And, wandering through the wintry woods, I'll mak' them neebours then.
Oh! could I hope for Mary's love, As nature hopes for spring, Nae winter's gloom could o'er my heart, Its darksome shadow fling. But ah! her love, and sunny smiles, Mine ne'er again can be— To ithers gladsome seasons come, It's winter aye wi' me!