The Declaration of Independence

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

The Columbiad by Joel Barlow

Produced by Distributed Proofreaders The Columbiad A Poem. By Joel Barlow. Tu spiegherai, Colombo, a un novo polo Lontane si le fortunate antenne, Ch’a pena seguira con gli occhi il volo La Fama, ch’ ha mille occhi e mille penne. Canti ella Alcide, e Bacco; e di te solo Basti a i posteri tuoi, ch’

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Produced by Norman M. Wolcott. ———————————————————————– THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE COLLECTED AND EDITED BY MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY VOLUME I. 1774 – 1779 ——————————————————————– XV. COMMON SENSE Table of Contents INTRODUCTION I. OF THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL, WITH CONCISE REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION II. OF MONARCHY AND HEREDITARY SUCCESSION III.

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Mr. Paine’s footnotes are contained within brackets within the text. As this is my first attempt at Etext transcription, I welcome all comments and suggestions – I trust there shall be many! I had an especially difficult time keeping margins even as the word processor I started with could not handle such a large file

Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson

This etext was produced by Charles Franks, Robert Rowe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. PREFACE To M. PLACIDE VALCOUR M. D., Ph D., LL. D. MY DEAR DR. VALCOUR: You gave me the Inspiration which made this story haunt me until I wrote it. Gaspard Roussillon’s letter, a mildewed relic of the year 1788,