Of Elephants and Toothaches : Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Decalogue' /

This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kie?lowski’s Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. The cycle’s deft handling of moral ambiguity and inventive technique established Kie?lowski as a major international director. Kie?lowski once said, “Both the deep believer and the habitual skeptic experience toothaches in exactly the same way.” Of Elephants and Toothaches takes seriously the range of thought, from theological to skeptical, condensed in the cycle’s quite human tales. Bringing together scholars of film, philosophy, literature, and several religions, the volume ranges from individual responsibility, to religion in modernity, to familial bonds, to human desire and material greed. It explores Kie?lowski’s cycle as it relentlessly solicits an ethical response that stimulates both inner disquiet and interpersonal dialogue.

Selections from the speeches and writings of Edmund Burke.

Mode of access: Internet.

News and notices about the Office of the Secretary of State.

Mode of access: Internet.

The memoir of James Monroe, Esq. relating to his unsettled claims upon the people and government of the United States.

The remarks and documents support Monroe's claims for compensation for contingent expenses incurred while serving as U.S. minister to France in 1794 and 1803.

"Ten thousand Chinese things." A descriptive catalogue of the Chinese collection, in Philadelphia. With miscellaneous remarks upon the manners, customs, trade, and government of the Celestial empire.

A private collection, made by Nathan Dunn and deposited in the Philadelphia museum, whence it was removed to London in 1842. cf. History of Philadelphia, by J.T. Scharf and T. Westcott, 1884, v. 2, p. 948-949.

A general view of the origin and nature of the Constitution and government of the United States : deduced from the political history and condition of the colonies and states from 1774 until 1788, and the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, together with opinions in the cases decided at January term, 1837, arising on the restraints on the powers of the states /

Includes index.

Twelve sermons on the character and government of God /

Shaw & Shoemaker 22819.

Journal of debates and proceedings in the Convention of delegates, chosen to revise the constitution of Massachusetts, begun and holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, and continued by adjournment to January 9, 1821. Reported for the Boston daily advertiser.

Mode of access: Internet.

The history of Louisiana, particularly of the cession of that colony to the United States of America ; with an introductory essay on the Constitution and government of the United States.

W. B. Lawrence, translator.

The radical: and advocate of equality; presenting a series of expostulatory animadversions on the present state of practical politics and morals; with a view to an access of improvement. Addressed to the people of the United States.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., Xerox University Microfilms, 1973. 35 mm. (American Culture Series, reel 544.13)

A compend of history from the earliest times : comprehending a general view of the present state of the world : with respect to civilization, religion, and government : and a brief dissertation on the importance of historical knowledge /

Mode of access: Internet.

A compend of history, from the earliest times; comprehending a general view of the present state of the world, with respect to civilization, religion, and government: and a brief dissertation on the importance of historical knowledge.

Shoemaker

Discourses on the providence and government of God.

Mode of access: Internet.

Encyclopædia americana; a popular dictionary of arts, sciences, literature, history, politics, and biography, brought down to the present time; including a copious collection of original articles in American biography; on the basis of the seventh edition of the German conversations-lexicon.

Mode of access: Internet.