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This edition is a copy of the text from the original 1915 book.This edition lists illustrations but does not include them.It does not have a title page or any information that tells you this is a reprint with no pictures.It appears to be fairly cheaply printed.Several copies of the original 1915 book are available (through Amazon), some of them for less than the cost of this book, and they have the pictures, so it is worth checking to see if more editions are available.I have generally found that used books are represented correctly. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1915Original Publisher: J.J. NewbeginSubjects: American essaysLiterary Collections / American / GeneralLiterary Collections / EssaysLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: EXPECTING THE IMPOSSIBLETO-DAY for a long time I watched a man experimenting with a talking machine. He was delighted with his success. He spoke easily and rapidly and heard his words reproduced with clearness. Occasionally he would turn on the reproducer and let me hear the record of what he had been saying.Suddenly the machine refused to work. It stood there like a balky horse. Something was wrong.For a long time we tried to find what had happened. But, to our inexpert eyes, the machine looked exactly as it had before.Yet it wouldn't work!At last we gave up in despair. We telephoned for a mechanician.I was so curious to see what the matter was that I waited for the mechanician to come. Presently he appeared. With one glance he took in the situation. He smiled. "Your sapphire has dropped out," he said. We looked closely under the reproducer, and, sure enough, the point had disappeared. The machine had not been able to record for the simple reason that it had nothing to record with.In a few moments the sapphire was replaced. All was well. We went on with our experimenting.That little experience taught me something, the folly of expecting the impossible, of thinking that both things and people can work right when conditions are wrong.In our daily lives we are constantly expecting the impossible. And we are constantly complaining because the impossible does not happen.For example, we expect certain people to see ... ... Read more