| | 189 | Author: | Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | TO speak of a prehistoric science may seem like
a contradiction of terms. The word prehistoric
seems to imply barbarism, while science, clearly
enough, seems the outgrowth of civilization; but
rightly considered, there is no contradiction. For,
on the one hand, man had ceased to be a barbarian
long before the beginning of what we call the historical
period; and, on the other hand, science, of a kind, is
no less a precursor and a cause of civilization than it
is a consequent. To get this clearly in mind, we must
ask ourselves: What, then, is science? The word
runs glibly enough upon the tongue of our every-day
speech, but it is not often, perhaps, that they who use
it habitually ask themselves just what it means. Yet
the answer is not difficult. A little attention will
show that science, as the word is commonly used,
implies these things: first, the gathering of knowledge
through observation; second, the classification of such
knowledge, and through this classification, the elaboration
of general ideas or principles. In the familiar
definition of Herbert Spencer, science is organized
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| 190 | Author: | Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | AN obvious distinction between the classical and
mediæval epochs may be found in the fact that
the former produced, whereas the latter failed to produce,
a few great thinkers in each generation who were
imbued with that scepticism which is the foundation
of the investigating spirit; who thought for themselves
and supplied more or less rational explanations of
observed phenomena. Could we eliminate the work
of some score or so of classical observers and thinkers,
the classical epoch would seem as much a dark age as
does the epoch that succeeded it. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 194 | Author: | Unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | World`s Columbian Exposition at Chicago | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | THIS Exposition, the grandest achievement of its kind ever attempted, is under the
auspices of the United States Government. The World's Columbian Exposition Company, an Illinois corporation, prepares ground and buildings, pays the runn!
charge of the finances. The participants in the display include not only the
forty-four states
and five territories of the American nation, but also nearly every foreign
government making it a
wonderfully complete international affair. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 196 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: William Francis Brand | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine, March 4, 1862 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | I received your much welcomed letter a few days ago and now seat
myself to drop you a few lines my health
is very good & hope this may find you enjoying the same
blessing The health of the Com. is very
good atpresent we have evauated Camp Zollicoffer &campt in a half mile of Winchester I believe that we are going
to evacuate Winchester as they are
moving all the Government property back to Strausburg & all the sick are hurryed
back It is reported that the Yankees have posession of MartinsburgCharles
town & Berryville but I do not believe it and still hope that we
may be ordered back to our Cabbins before
long, The question was asked our Com. yesterday whether we would enlist for
the war or not Thirty five elisted for the
war the remainder
say they will stand the
draft I am no longer a volinteer but a regular for the war be
it long or & my prayer is that the God
of notions may help me as the apple of his eye
I will look to him at all times for he is ablt to save in the
darkest hours of per il, It is an assurance
most dear to know that he will not forsake those that put thare trust in him I was very sorry that your
Brother did not reenlist as I would like to have his company as a
gide
through this tempestuis world of war I suppose
thare is a grate deal of excitement in old
Augusta at this time on account of the draft that is to be made this
month I hope that it may hit some of the
speculators I hope I may have the
pleasure of getting home on furlough before long I would like very much to see you
Remember me in your prayers that I may hold out faithfull to the end Write soon. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 197 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1862 March 4 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | I received yourmuch welcomed lettera few days ago and now seat
myself to dropyou a few lines myhealth is
very good &hope this may find youenjoying the same
blessingThe health of the Com. isvery
good atpresentwe have evauated CampZollicoffer &campt ina half mile of WinchesterI believe that we are goingto evacuate Winchester asthey are
moving all theGovernment propertyback to Strausburg& all the sick are hurryedback It is reported
thatthe Yankees have posessionof MartinsburgCharlestown & Berryville butI do not believe itand
still hope that wemay be ordered backto our Cabbins
beforelong, The question wasasked our
Com. yesterdaywhether we would
enlistfor the war or notThirty five enlisted
forthe war the remainder say they will stand thedraft I am no longera volinteer but a regularfor the war be
it long or & my prayer isthat the God of
notionsmay help me as the appleof his eye I
will look tohim at all times forhe is able to save inthe darkest
hours of peril, It is an assurance mostdear
to know that he willnot forsake those thatput thare trust in himI was very sorry that
yourBrother did not reenlistas I would like to havehis company as
a gide
through this tempestuisworld of war I supposethare is a
grate deal ofexcitement in oldAugusta at this timeon account of
the draftthat is to be made this month I hope
that itmay hit some of thespeculators
I hope Imay have the pleasureof getting home onfurlough before
longI would like very muchto see you Remember mein your prayers that Imay hold
out faithfullto the end
Write soon. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 198 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 January 2 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | It is with pleasure that I again seat myself to drop you a fiew lines I arrived safely in camp Monday
last. I was very glad to see the boys and thay
seemed glad to see me with them again My
health has been very good since I left home I
thought Saturday night in Staunton was one of the lonliest nights that I ever spent I had a very nice time coming down on the cars I had very little or no trouble with the box
for Jake he would make me eat a meal or two
with him for fetch ing it down to him I meſs with
Christ Abe Trotter Lightner
Abury & Brittonthare is some talk of
us forming a new meſs I suppose you have hurd
of our victory in Tenasee I think the
picture of our confederacys is brightning and I hope before long we will be a
free and in
dependant people the army is in
the very best of Spirits
the boys are mostly speculating as soon as Plunkett
brings a load the boys buy him out & then sell at a small
profit I believe Abe has made twenty
Dollars today. Well thay had
one on gard last new
years night
the boys all said if thay
had have been in my place thay would
have staid untill after
newyear I am very well sadisfied
that I have got back to the company We
have a very nice camp and I hope we may
stay hear for some time we are in eight miles of Ginnie Station We have plenty of wood put
the water is not very good, I was very much
obliged to you for the fine pickle you sent me to eat on my
departure from Greenville. You ought to have seen me part with Hattie I know you would have sent me a larger
pickle. I found Cous, Jimmie looking rather
badly he has not been well for some time I gave him the apple as you requested with
your
simpathies
in his late distresses. I found
Bros, Charles & John well and harty I have taken a very bad cold since I
returned to camp put hope it will soon ware off I have been very cheerfull ever since I got
to camp thare is no news of importance to
write I expect we will hafto go on picket tomorrow The
boys are mostly all well Curg is looking
splendid. John Meeks arrieved in camp
today our Company no.
over forty for duty I would have writ
ten soon but we had to moove and then build us bunks
oh kate how often I think of
you.
and wish for the time when I may be your
true and constant
companion you are constantly with me in
my dreams be cheefull my
Kate for by the will of providence I will soon
return write soon as I am allway glad to hear from you
good by my one dear Kate as it is almost
dark | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 199 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 January 19 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | I have seated my self for the purpose of writing you a few lines to
inform you of our wharabouts my
health is very good & hope theese
fiew lines may find you enjoying the blessings of
health and happineſ I have
been waiting in suspence for some time for
a letter from you I have come to the
conclusion that my letter never came to
hand I wrote soon after I came down, you can well
inmagin how lonsome I have been in
looking for a fiew lines from you I will now send out the second arrow hoping it may find it's
destination Jake told me yesterday eavning that you had never hurd from me
since my return to camp I had in
writing yesterday put I thought
I would wait and send this by Mr Carson as the
other failed by mail I have no news of importance
to write We ware on pickett last week had a very easy tour of it, I
could not see any yankees acroſs the
river I think the grater portion of thare army has gon South & some twenty or thirty
thousand of our army has gon to meet
them we have orders to keep one days rations in
our haversacks
untill further orders
Some thinks we are going to South Carlina I havent but one objection to
going It wuldill be so seldom that we could hear from
home I would like to See
the country & then we would be on the cost whare we could get plenty of oysters we hafto pay six dollars a
gallon for them
here & no butter then to
eat with
them, well I got a letter the other day from
the mill; I tell you that it had Sams name in
more than one line I had to laughf at several of her conclusions of the hearafter
we have a large Co. now for
duty some sixty odd, the largest in the
brigade we have got our tents at last the boys are busy building
chimmies to them, I hope we may camp
hear all winter We
have plenty of wood and tolerable good
water, and are enjoying all the sweets of camp life, and you know they
are fiew at best
I hardly know what to write to
interrest you I hope you have
recieved any other letter before this
time I wish I was whare I
would'nt have to write for
it is a grate deal more pleasure
to me to talk to you than to write I have often
been near you in my dreams since I last seen
you, but alas what are dreams they vanish
in a moment from our sight & are gon forever I hope the time may soon
come when I may fondly encircle thee in my arms & call thee
mine
oh Kate forget the I never
can & would not be forgot for the
gold of opher, I hope your path may be strune with flowers and if I can not make you happy
some other may I ask an interest in your prayers excuse this uninterresting
letter I will try and do better
next time let no one see this my respects to all & my love to you | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 200 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 February 6 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | Nine oclock P.M.
as the most of the boys have retired to thare bed of poles I have concluded to drop
you a fiew lines, My health is very good
& hope theese fiew lines may find you
enjoying the same
blessing, Thare is no news of importance
to write, we hafto go on picket
tomorrow morning I suppose we will get a
peep at our enimies I hope we may have a
plesent time while we are on picket, Thare has been a grate deal of snow & rain in the last two week I hope we may have some more clear weather
now The road are
almost a bed of mud
It is almost imposible to get provi
tions from the debot to our
camp I suppose thare
is plenty of snow in augusta now for sleighing
if so I hope you may have some
plesent sleighrides we take our
fun in snowballing. We have formed a Bible class
& meet on
sundy & Wednsday nights to
recite our lessings I hope it may be
carried on and that some good may come ofv'e it we have a grand theatre in the Regt, carried on by Capt Brown of the Marion Rifles he is
a very good performer he is a noble
singer. Capt Newton started this morning on
hoon
furlough
he is very lucky in getting home though I do not envy
him his good fortune I would have written
by the Capt if I hadve haved notice in time.
as
it is I will hafto risk
another by mail hoping it may soon reach your hand
Well Kate did your cous,
Lizzie make you acquainted with all her secreets
if so do you know who she is engaged to I will tell you my reasons for asking you this question
in my next letter if you answer it I am a
thousand times obliged to you for the cheese you sent to
me I assure you it was something I never look for I would like to be in a meſs with your
brother but the boys would think hard of me
for leaving my old meſs I may say we are
almost one meſs for when ever one
meſs gets a box the other is envited
to share its contents
but if
Lieut Dempster joines the
officers meſs I exspect to change
well Kate I wasent aware that I had shown so many sines of my weak
neſs on leaving Greenville it
goes to show the feebleneſs of mans
nature I was very sorry to hear of the pereveme
nts of the Harris famlies
I hope the al wise God may do unto them as he
did unto jobe of old bless thare
future years
you said you wished you could take our places down
hear do you think you could stand out on
gard one of theese
cold nights
and if you could do'nt you thin we wou
ld be as unhappy if all the Ladies ware hear and we ware at home you wrote as if you had been trying to get
me to change my love for you but alass
how could I you are
constantly in my thoughts by day and my dreams by night & God
forbid that I should ever love another woman I
have often thought dear Kate that you never loved me as I did you
but found the keys of my heart and took pity on me. It seemes to me that man is one of Gods weakest instruments
well Kate I have not entirely quit chew ing tobacco yet I have
used one plug since I came back to the company
I used to chew two a week I hope I may entirely
quit before
long; uncle John was wounded at the sharps burg fight in the arm, I exspect he is in
buckingham.
Bro John had a letter for me from Sister when
I came down She was well and going to school I would like very much to see her Jake is well and looks
harty cous, Jimmie is enjoying the same bles
sing I must bring my letter to a close as it is
afto twelve oclock Abe
stayed up and bothered me untill eleven trying to
find out who I was going to write to my
respects to all; the family write soon as I am always glad to hear from you let no one see this | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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