This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. THE SEMINARY AND A NEW ENTERPRISE. / DEGREES"NE industry had often attracted my attention, DEGREES- DEGREES that of changing wheat into bread. We had a population of one million three hundred thousand, a splendid wheat market. The Danube, South Russia, and the Sea of Azof poured in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. THE SEMINARY AND A NEW ENTERPRISE. / DEGREES"NE industry had often attracted my attention, DEGREES- DEGREES that of changing wheat into bread. We had a population of one million three hundred thousand, a splendid wheat market. The Danube, South Russia, and the Sea of Azof poured in the finest wheat of the world. But here in this capital all the grinding was done by horse power. It was popularly said that there were ten thousand horse mills and bakeries in the city and neighborhood. Could I get hold of the industry? The method must be simple. With the help of Ure's Dictionary of the Arts I could master it with little trouble. A Yankee's faith in himself often gets him into trouble, but it does n't leave him there. I learned by sheer accident one very interesting fact: that Mehmet the Conqueror, when he took Constantinople, finding the great city a desolation, very wisely published some Chapters of Privileges, to induce people to settle at the capital. These privileges are called "capitulations " -- a very misleading term, taken from capita. One of these privileges was that "every foreign colony settling at his capital should have the right to its own mill and bakery free from interference from the guilds." Now, here was an open door, if I only had the capital! To every Armenian under anathema who would work and do his best I would offer employment. The rest might starve. One evening, as we were going up the Bosphorus together, I mentioned this matter to my friend Mr. Charles Ede, an English banker. He said the plan was excellent but impossible, for the guild of bakers and millers was the strongest guild in the capital, and ten thousand dollars would not open their gate. I told him of the "Privilege" of 1453. He had little confidence in that, but...
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Edition:
1893, Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society
Publisher:
Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society
Published:
1893
Language:
English
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16964673879
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Good. No Jacket. Withdrawn from Princeton University Library. Some shelf rubbing to burgundy covers, spine head and heel. Tips bumped. No library markings on exterior. University bookplate inside front cover. Triangular piece of front paste down peeled off in lower right corner. Short tear along upper left of frontispiece tissue, small embossed stamp in bottom right corner of title page. Religious biography by the American Congregational missionary whose great uncle was Hannibal Hamlin. He established Robert College in Istanbul, served as a professor at Bangor Theological Seminary, and was president of Middlebury College for five years.
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Fair. 1893 Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, maroon clothbound hardcover. Cover shows moderate wear, hinges cracked, pages have some wear and staining, text unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
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