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Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands. from the Latest London Edition; Volume 1

William, Ellis

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An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke... During the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780

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Polynesian Researches: Polynesia

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Dust jacket notes: "This book is about the Society Islands - especially Tahiti - in the early nineteenth century. It shows the traditional culture of the Islands amid convulsions of change under the influence of Western culture, the death of old superstitions, customs, and gods. It pictures the warring of Tahitian chiefs and the slow change of their society. It is a rare book now in print for the first time in a hundred years and is indispensable background reading to the events of the time. The Rev. William Ellis, the author, lived in Polynesia as a missionary from 1817 to 1825. He spent much of his time in Tahiti and soon became fluent in the language. He began to keep a record soon after his arrival in order to preserve in writing the institutions of a dying culture. For events before his coming he talked to the missionaries and natives involved, and the rest comes from his personal experience. The book describes King Pomare's retreat from Tahiti, his conversion to Christianity, and his final rise to dominance. Contrary to Tahitian custom, Pomare treats the defeated chiefs leniently, but the temple of the god, Oro, is destroyed and the pagan religion of Tahiti begins its decline. At the same time, black customs such as human sacrifice and infanticide lose strength. A written language is invented and books are published. Polynesian Researches: Society Islands is filled with interesting episodes and fast action. But, more than this, it is a direct, firsthand account. That is its great value and the reason why it is unique."

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<p>As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)</p>

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1783 edition. Excerpt: ...low point S, E. by E. our distance from the shore about seven miles.' The land near the shore was of a moderate height: the hills were covered with strait tall trees of the fir kind, and where they were but thinly fcattered, the ground was covered with snow. There were a number of white sandy beaches, which at a distance appeared like chalk cliffs: this part of the coast runs nearly N. and S. and in a strait direction, without the least appearance of a bay or inlet. During the night, we had frequent squalls with showers of hail and snow which continued more or less the best part of the next day. The squalls were generally so heavy, as to oblige us to get down our top-gallant-yards, and closereef our top-sails. As the wind continued so long to the westward, and so fresh with a1'. al, we could do nothing more than stand off and on, which plan we continued till the 15th, but we fell to leeward considerably. Our weather was now dark and cloudy, with a natly moist atmosphere: in the afternoon, the wind being more moderate, we wore ship, and stood in for the land again. In the night, we had light airs and calms. On the 16th, we had moderate breezes with cloudy weather, and in the afternoon saw several whales. The 17th, and part of the 18th, were rainy and disagreeable; but the 19th was fine, clear, and pleasant, with a fine little breeze from the S. S. E. which in the afternoon, almost died away, and in the course of the night shifted to the northward. We continued however to stand in for the land, and the next day a hawk was seen flying round the ships. In the night the vessels lost sight of each other; but the Discovery firing a gun, the Resolution answered it with a light. The next day we had the wind from from the southward, which in the afternoon...

An Authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke during the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780; in search of a ... and America. Including a faithful account

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Excerpt from Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis, Wife of Rev. William Ellis: Missionary in the South Seas, and Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society; Including Notices of Heathen Society, of the Details of Missionary Life, and the Remarkable Display of Divine Goodness in Severe and Protracted ApplicationsThe examples of merchants and other secular men, who go and reside abroad in great numbers unmarried for the sake of emolument or honor, will not be ad duced in favor of unmarried life in m1ss1onaries by those, who know the lamentable extent to which this class of men violates the laws of purity; and besides, they generally go with the expectation of returning after a few years to their native lands. Missionaries should not ordinarily be led into such temptations and experience has fully shown the inexpediency of sending them forth for a limited period of time. Few mission aries will bring all their powers into action, acquire the language thoroughly, feel as devoted to the cause, and labor as faithfully, on a limited term of service, as when they} engage in it for life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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