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Chapter VI - Zacatecas. Mines of Zacatecas. Farming in Mexico. Aguas Calientes.…

In The Boy Travellers in Mexico

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Thomas Wallace Knox

An engaging travelogue published in 1890, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. From the preface: "a bo…

Chapter 3, Part 2, The Symbolism of the Zodiac

In Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning

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Edward Carpenter

In this work from 1921, Carpenter analyzes the origin of Christian beliefs, arguing that they are derived from pre-Christian myths and relig…

What the Vandals Leave By Herbert Riley Howe

In Short Stories From Life

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Various

Life Magazine held a short story contest. Stories must be no more than 1500 words. Authors were paid for the number of words under that maxi…

Chapter XVI: The Schools of Porto Rico

In Porto Rico: The Land of the Rich Port

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Joseph B. Seabury

Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. This volume was written in 1903 as Book XII in the…

Calvin. On Suffering Persecution

In The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. VII: Continental Europe

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William Jennings Bryan

This book contains a number of famous speeches and addresses from continental Europe between 300 CE to 1900 CE, organized around the followi…