Word: careers
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...Politics as a Duty and as a Career," by Moorfield Storey, paper 8 vol., published by Putnam's Sons, New York...
...works. Burke was conservative and a utilitarian, always calm and just in his opinions and his actions. He wished to place Ireland on an equal commercial footing with England, and endeavored to show that Ireland's prosperity would be England's prosperity. When he entered on his political career, Ireland was regarded merely as a colony to be governed solely for the advantages of England, and it was in combating this idea that the greatest of Irish statesmen passed his life...
...Wesleyan has just been published and is the fullest work of the kind which has ever appeared. Not only is the name, time of birth and death of the student given, but his place of birth, where he prepared for college, his class and rank in college, his subsequent career, and if the man is dead, the place of his death, and the name and address of a near relative. It also states his honors and degrees, if any, and if the man has married, when, where, and to whom, number of children and their names. In the account...
...explained, comprising pictures of the Grand Canal, the Doge's Palace, the Piazza and Cathedral disan Marco, the Bridge of Sighs, the Arsenal, and also the principal private palaces. The history of the most noted objects of interest was given briefly, and a few words were said about the career of conquest which was the glory of the city. The views were remarkably well selected, and were calculated to give an excellent idea of Venice as it now appears...
Appended to the selections is a collection of letters which give an insight into Lessing's character and stimulate the reader to a farther study of his career. Biographical notes scattered throughout the book are interesting in their matter and of great assistance...