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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'One of the greatest needs of the present day is men and women who will not only start out to pray for things, but pray on and on and on until they obtain that which they seek from the Lord.'What was true in Torrey's day still applies today. His practical pointers clearly unfold the conditions God has established for intelligent, effective prayer that brings his answers, emphasizing the purpose and importance of prayer.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians. In Alaska Days with John Muir he describes this 1879 meeting: 'A hearty grip of the hand and we seemed to coalesce in a friendship which, to me at least, has been one of the very best things in a life full of blessings.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The aim of this work is to suggest a rough outline of Chinese civilization from the earliest times down to the near present period of rapid and startling transition.It has been written, primarily, for readers who wish to expand their world view and knowledge on China's civilization in the hope that it may succeed in alluring them to a wider and more methodical research.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - '? The doctrine of Reincarnation played a very important part in their philosophy. The prevailing idea was that the worthy souls pass on to a state of bliss, without rebirth, while the less worthy pass the waters of the river of Lethe, quaffing of its waters of forgetfulness, and thus having the recollection of their earth-life, and of the period of punishment that they had undergone by reason of the same, obliterated and cleansed from their memories, when they pass on to re-birth.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'truth, providing they are gravely asserted by someone claiming authority. The most illogical ideas are accepted without dispute or examination, providing they are stated solemnly and authoritatively. Particularly in the respective fields of religion and politics do we find this blind acceptance of illogical ideas by the multitude. Mere assertion by the leaders seems sufficient for the multitude of followers to acquiesce.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. It was made into an RKO Radio movie in 1935, and a second adaptation, directed by Mike Newell, was released in 1992. The 1992 release received several Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. A Tony Award-nominated stage play by Matthew Barber, also adapted from the novel, was presented on Broadway in 2003.Elizabeth von Arnim's novel tells the story of four dissimilar women in 1920s England who leave their damp and rainy environs to go on a holiday to a secluded coastal castle in Italy. Mrs Arbuthnot and Mrs Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' club but have never spoken, become acquainted after reading an advertisement for villas for rent in a newspaper. They find some common ground in that both are struggling to make the best of unhappy marriages. Having decided to seek other ladies to help share expenses, they reluctantly take on the waspish, elderly Mrs Fisher and the stunning, but aloof, Lady Caroline Dester. The four women come together at the castle and find rejuvenation in the tranquil beauty of their surroundings, rediscovering hope and love.The movie based on The Enchanted April was shot on location at Castello Brown in Portofino Italy. The same castle where the author of the book stayed in the 1920s.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Here and there among men, there are those who pause in the hurried rush to listen to the call of a life that is more real. He who sees too much is cursed for a dreamer, a fanatic, or a fool, by the mad mob, who, having eyes, see not, ears and hear not, and refuse to understand.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - CONTENTSI. Memory: Its ImportanceII. Cultivation of the MemoryIII. Celebrated Cases of MemoryIV. Memory SystemsV. The Subconscious Record-FileVI. AttentionVII. AssociationVIII. Phases of MemoryIX. Training the EyeX. Training the Ear 1XI. How to Remember NamesXII. How to Remember FacesXIII. How to Remember PlacesXIV. How to Remember NumbersXV. How to Remember MusicXVI. How to Remember OccurrencesXVII. How to Remember FactsXVIII. How to Remember Words, etc.XIX. How to Remember Books, Plays, Tales, etc.XX. General Instructions.

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