On the Significance of Science and Artby Leo TolstoyTranslated by Isabel F. HapgoodCHAPTER I.. . . {1} The justification of all persons who have freed themselvesfrom toil is now founded on experimental, positive science. Thescientific theory is as follows:-"For the study of the laws of life of human societies, there existsbut one indubitable method,the positive, experimental, criticalmethod"Only sociology, founded on biology, founded on all the positivesciences, can give us the laws of humanity. Humanity, or humancommunities, are the organisms already prepared, or still in process...　

Sunday Under Three Headsby Charles DickensDEDICATIONTo The Right ReverendTHE BISHOP OF LONDONMY LORD,You were among the first, some years ago, to expatiate on thevicious addiction of the lower classes of society to Sundayexcursions; and were thus instrumental in calling forth occasionaldemonstrations of those extreme opinions on the subject, which arevery generally received with derision, if not with contempt.Your elevated station, my Lord, affords you countless opportunitiesof increasing the comforts and pleasures of the humbler classes ofsociety - not by the expenditure of the smallest portion of your...　

400 BCON THE ARTICULATIONSby Hippocratestranslated by Francis AdamsI am acquainted with one form in which the shoulder-joint isdislocated, namely, that into the armpit; I have never seen it takeplace upward nor outward; and yet I do not positively affirm whetherit might be dislocated in these directions or not, although I havesomething which I might say on this subject. But neither have I everseen what I considered to be a dislocation forward. Physicians,...　

TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT (or Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure)TOM SWIFT AND HISSUBMARINE BOAT(or Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure)VICTOR APPLETON1- Page 2-TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT (or Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure)CHAPTER OneNews of a Treasure WreckThere was a rushing, whizzing, throbbing noise in the air. A greatbody, like that of some immense bird, sailed along, casting a grotesque...　

THE COMPARISON OF POMPEY WITH AGESILAUSby Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenTHUS having drawn out the history of the lives of Agesilaus andPompey, the next thing is to compare them; and in order to this, totake a cursory view, and bring together the points in which theychiefly disagree; which are these. In the first place, Pompeyattained to all his greatness and glory by the fairest and justestmeans, owing his advancement to his own efforts, and to the frequentand important aid which he rendered Sylla, in delivering Italy fromits tyrants. But Agesilaus appears to have obtained his kingdom, not...　

THE FIRST DAY, THE FIRST NOVELLWHEREIN IS CONTAINED, HOW HARD A THING IT IS, TO DISTINGUISHGOODNESSE FROM HYPOCRISIE; AND HOW (UNDER THE SHADOW OF HOLINESSE)THE WICKEDNESSE OF ONE MAN, MAY DECEIVE MANYMessire Chappelet du Prat, by making a false confession, beguyledan holy Religious man, and after dyed. And having (during his lifetime) bene a very bad man, at his death, was reputed for a saint,and called S. Chappelet.It is a matter most convenient (deare Ladies) that a man ought tobegin whatsoever he doth, in the great and glorious name of him, whowas the Creator of all things. Wherefore, seeing that I am the man...　

The Daisy Chain, or Aspirationsby Charlotte YongePREFACENo one can be more sensible than is the Author that the present is anovergrown book of a nondescript class, neither the "tale" for theyoung, nor the novel for their elders, but a mixture of both.Begun as a series of conversational sketches, the story outran boththe original intention and the limits of the periodical in which itwas commenced; and, such as it has become, it is here presented tothose who have already made acquaintance with the May family, and maybe willing to see more of them. It would beg to be considered merelyas what it calls itself, a Family Chroniclea domestic record　

AGIS264-241 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenTHE fable of Ixion, who, embracing a cloud instead of Juno, begotthe Centaurs, has been ingeniously enough supposed to have beeninvented to represent to us ambitious men, whose minds, doting onglory, which is a mere image of virtue, produce nothing that isgenuine or uniform, but only, as might be expected of such aconjunction, misshapen and unnatural actions. Running after theiremulations and passions, and carried away by the impulses of the...　

THE COMPARISON OF PHILOPOEMEN WITH FLAMININUSby Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenFIRST them, as for the greatness of the benefits which Titusconferred on Greece, neither Philopoemen, nor many braver men than he,can make good the parallel. They were Greeks fighting againstGreeks, but Titus, a stranger to Greece, fought for her. And at thevery time when Philopoemen went over into Crete, destitute of means tosuccour his besieged countrymen, Titus, by a defeat given to Philip inthe heart of Greece, set them and their cities free. Again, if we...　

A Cumberland Vendettaby John Fox Jr.TO MINERVA AND ELIZABETHA Cumberland VendettaITHE cave had been their hiding-place as children; it was a secret refuge now against hunger or darkness when they were hunting in the woods. The primitive meal was finished; ashes were raked over the red coals; the slice of bacon and the little bag of meal were hung high against the rock wall; and the two stepped from the cavern into a thicket of rhododendrons.Parting the bushes toward the dim light, they stood on a massive shoulder of the mountain, the river girding it far below, and the afternoon shadows at their feet. Both carried guns-the tall mountaineer,　

第一次的信真的是拿错了？”他冷笑，”也许不是吧。至于雪儿的出国计划，也许你也是早就知道了，于是，你对她说出那番话使她更坚定了出国的念头，当她远走高飞后，也就再也没什么人能够妨碍你了。我说的没错吧，卓——小——茵。”“我怎么可能做这样的事，你应该了解我的。”小茵摇着头辩解。“我很了解你。”他想起她是怎样缠着他加入DV社的，也想起她曾经告诉他为了拍电影所做的一切。“毕竟，”他冷冷地道，”你卓小茵为了实现目标是可以不择手段的。”这些话深深刺痛了小茵的心。为什么？为什么一切跟妈妈说的不一样？[b\]”让我们试着爱看看。”[b\]这是爸爸曾经对妈妈说过的话。为什么阿杰不但不这么说，还说了那么多伤人的话？她到底做错了什么？“阿杰……”“从今天开始，我退出”茵”DV社，也不再不上你的镜头，”带着冰冷的愤怒，安臣杰站起身，”至于你电影中的男主角，对不起，另请高人吧。”...　

导读：魔王传说，奇幻天后游素兰震撼新作，继炫丽经典《天使迷梦》系列之后，超豪华设定巨细靡遗，构筑撼动人心、气势磅礴之全新奇幻世界。斯罗威神纪只留下古老悠远的传说，黑暗的瑟斯凯勒纪在纷乱中结束，星辰笼罩大地，自大贤者为梦特亚纪正名，时光的轮盘已经运转了三千年。拥有双色眼瞳、神一般美貌的吟游诗人格兰希尔其实有着预言能力和强大的魔法。而受战神艾克立亚祝福而诞生的黑公主拥有黑色的卷发、紫色的眼瞳，却是家族中唯一没有魔法的人……内容提要：星辰庇佑的纪元，众神与黑暗远走，预言如风，命运之轮轨义无返顾地启动，战神量以达克利斯之名诞生。斯罗肆神纪只留下古老悠远的传说，黑暗的瑟斯凯勒纪在纷乱中结束，星辰笼罩大地，自大贤者为梦特亚纪正名，时光的轮盘已经运转了三千年。两个小孩因为好奇而爬上了一座山顶，在被山顶上的老法师赶下山后却受到魔物的召唤而去。老法师的养子吟游诗人格兰希尔，拥有一...　

　　星级酒店的现代化经营管理是一项科学的系统工程，它不仅需要有新的观念和科学的酒店经营管理模式，且着重于内部的分工协作，也称为团体精神。因此，本方案出台后各部门在实施过程中，不仅要遵循各个岗位的工作规律，也应特别注意各部门之间的紧密配合。　　一、酒店经营管理（9—12月）计划经济指标　　（一）酒店总体指标：营业额（）万元，纯利润（）万元。　　（二）各部门任务分配　　1、餐饮?二????餐：　　（1）营业额??万元；　　（2）毛利率　?????????%；?三????餐：　　（1）营业额????万元；　　（2）毛利率?????　%；?十八餐：　　（1）营业额???万元；　　（2）毛利率??　??%。　　2、客房　　（1）营业额???万元...　

幽灵谋杀案作者：杨恒均第01章　　黎海是广海市公安局副局长兼刑警大队队长，也是在全国公安系统颇有名气的神探。　　广海市是中国最早开放的沿海成市之一，常住人口五百万，加上流动人口，总人口不下七百万，具体数字却从来没有哪个部门掌握过。在这样一个国际大都市里，几乎每天都有几十起恶性事件发生，打得头破血流甚至弄得缺胳膊断腿是稀松平常事，死人大案也时有发生。然而，这些涉及到人命的大案都很少能够引起市刑警大队队长黎海的兴趣。　　身高不到一米七，但体魄健壮的黎海从小练南拳，并立志要当路见不平拔刀相助的大侠，大学毕业后主动联系分配到和专业相差甚远的公安局刑警队，三十五岁时已经是全国闻名的神探，三年后的今天升职为广海市公安局副局长兼刑警大队队长。...　

　　序　　《天官赐福》写到一半时，突然想起很久很久以前，小丸子里似乎有著这麽一个故事小丸子在体认了某预言家预言世纪末的世界末日後，每天小丸子很混地过日，反正十五年後就要末日了嘛，那麽我念书的意义在哪里呢？到最後还不是要完蛋？　　禳福那时年龄还很小吧，正是一脚踏进这世界的最重要时期，对人生充满好奇与希望，对所听所言所作所为不管好坏，是吸收力最强的时候，而这时候有一个加魔鬼一般可以摧毁任何人心防的义爹，就算是作者本人，恐怕也会很不费吹灰之力地被影响一生的人格发展吧？　　小时候的我，也是很会胡思乱想的，想著命运，想著这一刻我所作的决定，焉知不是早就注定好了？所以，人才不能往回头走，因为，不管回头重来了几次，老天就是注定你最後还是只能走上这条路，那麽回头走的意义在哪里？...　

作者：四月第一章今天是个美好的日子。　　白夜樱在不久前才转学到这间人人口中都说好的贵族学院──南圣学园。　　一切对她而言都充满了陌生与新奇。　　在经过了一个多月来的绵绵细雨之后，圳了脸的太阳公公对她这个一向喜欢晴天的人来说，真是个久别重逢的老朋友。　　一大早夜樱就踩着轻快又有活力的步伐朝党校的方向走，绑着马尾的长发的在她的身后甩啊甩的，令她年轻美丽的脸庞增添一种无形的魅力，让人将目光不由自主的停留在她的身上。　　对她而言，阳光的香气及温暖充满了诱惑，令人无法抗拒那金黄色的光芒。　　然而，这样的愉快心情却在校门即将在她面前关上的那一刹那间，遭人破坏殆尽──“等一等！”夜樱不顾形象的边跑边大声喊着，却只能见到学校的...