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Frederick Nietzsche was born at R?cken near Lützen, in the Prussian province of Saxony, on the 15th of October 1844, at 10 a.m. The day happened to be the anniversary of the birth of Frederick-William IV., then King of Prussia, and the peal of the local church-bells which was intended to celebrate this event, was, by a happy coinciden...
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Once, when I was making an official visit to the South of Spain with my brother (who was then King), we were told of a gentleman of the Province of Sevilla who had had a talking parrot sent to him from South America; and this parrot had been taught to say “Viva la Reina!”—that is, “Long live the Queen!” But soon after its arrival in S...
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"Well, Lisle, my boy, the time is drawing very near when you will have to go home. My brother John will look after you, and choose some good crammer to push you on. You are nearly sixteen, now, and it is high time you buckled to."
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My name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth. I am brother-in-law and secretary to Sir Charles Vandrift, the South African millionaire and famous financier. Many years ago, when Charlie Vandrift was a small lawyer in Cape Town, I had the (qualified) good fortune to marry his sister. Much later, when the Vandrift estate and farm near Kimberle...
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My brother Frank is a most practical boy. I may be prejudiced, but it seems to me somehow there\'s nothing like close personal contact with active volcanoes to teach a young fellow prudence, coolness, and adaptability to circumstances. \"Tom,\" said he to me, as we stood and watched the queer party on deck, devouring taro-paste as a Ne...
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This Memoir was written for, and at the request of, the near relatives, and intimate friends, of the home-loving country gentleman, whose unlooked-for death had made them all mourners indeed. Had it been meant originally for publication, it would have taken a very different form. In compiling it, my whole thoughts were fixed on my own...
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“Zarathustra” is my brother’s most personal work; it is the history of his most individual experiences, of his friendships, ideals, raptures, bitterest disappointments and sorrows. Above it all, however, there soars, transfiguring it, the image of his greatest hopes and remotest aims. My brother had the figure of Zarathustra in his min...
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I loved outdoor life and hunting. Some way a grizzly bear would come in when I tried to explain forestry to my brother. “Hunting grizzlies!” he cried. “Why, Ken, father says you\'ve been reading dime novels.” “Just wait, Hal, till he comes out here. I\'ll show him that forestry isn\'t just bear-hunting.”
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To the memory of My Brother, To the memory of Ignazio and Manfredi Lanza di Trabia, To the memory of All Our Dead, This tale of suffering and of war is dedicated
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Category： Author：P G Wodehouse
To MY BROTHER DICK The time of this story is a year and a term later thanthat of _The Gold Bat._ The history of Wrykyn in between these two books is dealt with in a number ofshort stories, some of them brainy in the extreme, whichhave appeared in various magazines. I wanted Messrs Blackto publish these, but they were light on their ...
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