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Let a Sailor Stick to Her Deck

In The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise

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Victor G. Durham

Captain Jack Benson and Hal Hastings have been sailing in torpedo submarines a while now. But, there is new danger that they will have to g…

The Dew Mother's Gift to the Rose

In The Turquoise Story Book: Stories and Legends of Summer and Nature

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Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner

A book compiling stories, legends, and poems about summer and nature, piquing reader's interests by appealing to the reader's fancy, quicken…

Chapter LVII: Milton - Sight and Growth

In English Literature for Boys and Girls

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …

John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor, Part 1

In Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers

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Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…

John Burroughs at Home: The Hut on the Hill Top

In How They Succeeded

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Orison Swett Marden

Success! Alluring, fascinating, informative. Why are some people successful while others languish on the scrap heap of life? Hard work? Luc…

Demosthenes Wishes to Become an Orator

In The Story of Greece: Told to Boys and Girls

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Mary Esther Miller Macgregor

A retelling of Greek myths, history and stories aimed at children.

55 - Surah 055: The Beneficent

In The Meaning of the Glorious Koran

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Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall

The Koran (Qur'an) is regarded by Muslims as the word of God (Allah) as revealed to the prophet Muhammad. It is divided into 114 chapters (…