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German Army Was Still Strong

I went to the army in Flanders, after having once more given the General Staff at Spa definite orders to fall back as quickly as possible to the

This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Movement for Abdication.IntroductionAt the end of World War I there was

Today's installment concludes The Age of Steel Begins,our selection from Autobiography by Andrew Carnegie published in 1920.If you have

I am sure that any competent judge would be surprised to find how little I ever risked for myself or my partners.Continuing The Age of Steel

The works were well advanced when the financial panic of September, 1873, came upon us.Continuing The Age of Steel Begins,our selection from

I had not failed to notice the growth of the Bessemer process. If this proved successful, I knew that iron was destined to give place to steel; that

Great was the alarm in Canada when it became known that the enemy aimed at nothing less than the conquest of the colony.Our special project

This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: The Lucy Furnace.IntroductionSteel became the principal material of the

IntroductionWhat was it like to be a child in school in colonial days? This story (The Old Fashion School) by one of America’s greatest writers