A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopaedia Britannica Through our excellent system of common schools, every boy or girl in the land is furnished with the rudiments of an education. But in the school the child is only started on the way; the best that can be done is to provide him with a few essentials, and give to him some slight impetus that will keep him moving on in the right direction. If he continue his studies beyond the public schools, he may be conducted a little farther but it is only a little. NO one's education was ever finished in a university. We are all, to a greater or less degree, self-educated. A great deal of what the schools foist on us as knowledge proves to be worthless to us, and is allowed to drop from our minds as soon as we are left to ourselves. The better part of our education is that which we acquire independently - through reading, through observation, through intercourse with others - an ever-increasing stock of what is called general information. It is the aim of this guide to help, not only students, but everybody else, to gather this information in an orderly way, without unnecessary expenditure of time and labor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




The Reader's Guide to the Encyclopaedia Britannica


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Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.




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Mein Kampf


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Madman, tyrant, animal—history has given Adolf Hitler many names. In Mein Kampf (My Struggle), often called the Nazi bible, Hitler describes his life, frustrations, ideals, and dreams. Born to an impoverished couple in a small town in Austria, the young Adolf grew up with the fervent desire to become a painter. The death of his parents and outright rejection from art schools in Vienna forced him into underpaid work as a laborer. During the First World War, Hitler served in the infantry and was decorated for bravery. After the war, he became actively involved with socialist political groups and quickly rose to power, establishing himself as Chairman of the National Socialist German Worker's party. In 1924, Hitler led a coalition of nationalist groups in a bid to overthrow the Bavarian government in Munich. The infamous Munich "Beer-hall putsch" was unsuccessful, and Hitler was arrested. During the nine months he was in prison, an embittered and frustrated Hitler dictated a personal manifesto to his loyal follower Rudolph Hess. He vented his sentiments against communism and the Jewish people in this document, which was to become Mein Kampf, the controversial book that is seen as the blue-print for Hitler's political and military campaign. In Mein Kampf, Hitler describes his strategy for rebuilding Germany and conquering Europe. It is a glimpse into the mind of a man who destabilized world peace and pursued the genocide now known as the Holocaust.







Building Age


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