He calmly finished his dinner, without saying a word of the order he had received, and immediately after got into his carriage with his wife and took
Archives for 2019
Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 5
The Jesuits, adepts in human nature, had made a sagacious choice when they put forward this conscientious, zealous, dogged, and pugnacious priest to
Assembly Alarms King
"Go tell your master," cried Mirabeau, "that we are here by order of the people; and that we shall not retire but at the point of the
First Act of the French Revolution
This first independent and spirited step on the part of the commons produced a reaction on the part of the Court.Continuing Revolutionaries Storm
Revolutionaries Storm Bastille
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: States-General Meets.IntroductionIn the scenes of blood and terror
Radioactivity Science Circa 1914
Today's installment concludes Early Science of Radioactivity,the name of our combined selection from Mme. Marie Curie, Sir William Ramsay, and Sir
Thanksgiving, 2019
Today is Thanksgiving Day.This year we are reprinting a short fictional story by Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball.The First
Radioactivity Science Before Curie
It was Robert Boyle, in his " Skeptical Chymist," who first controverted these ancient and medieval notions, and who gave to the word "element" the
Laval Versus Queylus
A squad of soldiers, commanded, it is said, by the governor himself, went up to Montreal, brought the indignant Queylus to Quebec, and shipped him