The fleet set sail on the 4th of July, 1270, and in a few days arrived in the road of Cagliari. Here the council of the counts and barons was
The Last Crusaders Gather
As religious enthusiasm was not sufficiently strong to make men forget their worldly interests, many nobles who had taken the cross entertained great
Goethe’s Legacy
Today's installment concludes Goethe and the Intellectual Revolt of Germany,our selection from German Thought During the Last Two Hundred Years by
Hinting at the Theory of Evolution
Palermo, during a walk in the public garden amid the Southern vegetation, revealed to him the law of the metamorphosis of plants.Continuing Goethe
Nature’s Limits to Happiness
While Goethe lived outside the struggle for life, outside the competition and contact of practical activity, in the contemplation of nature and art,
Disputes in the Council
The violence of Frontenac’s resentments and antipathies overcame the very slender share of prudence with which nature had endowed him.Our
The Self-Government of Genius
Man is the last and highest link in nature; his task is to understand what she aims at in him and then to fulfil her intentions.Continuing Goethe
Transition to Mature Philosophy
Goethe, indeed, modified, or at least cleared up, his early views under the influence of a deeper study of nature and the sight of ancient and
Most One-Sided Battle in Naval History
Today's installment concludes The Battle of Manila Bay,our selection from The New Pacific by Hubert Howe Bancroft published in 1900.If you have