French: La Forêt Vierge (2/2)
Hello, the second part of the poem. At the end, it’s rather dark as often with this poet. Actually, for the forest, it ends well, eventually… Edit: corrections made.
Superfluous Energy
This is an essay about wasted energy, by American Presbyterian minister Frank Crane from his book Adventures in Common Sense, and transcribed by yours truly in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: superfluous-energy.pdf
A First Assessment of the Sinking of the Titanic
The following speech was delivered at the inauguration of the classes on Naval Architecture at Glasgow University in 1912, after the Titanic disaster, by Professor John Harvard Biles, at the time Vice-President of the Institution of Naval Architects. He discussed the causes of the loss of the Titanic and the proposals of the Board of…
A Person and a Personality
Here’s an interesting essay transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly for the blog. Attachment: a-person-and-a-personality.pdf
Passablement Ingénieux
Here is an amusing story transcribed by me in Anniversary and Simplified Sténographie Gregg. Attachment: passablement-ingenieux-anniv.pdf Attachment: passablement-ingenieux-simpl.pdf
The Pleasures of Science
British statesman Henry Peter Brougham, who famously designed the brougham horse carriage in the 19th century, studied natural sciences, mathematics, and law in the University of Edinburgh, and wrote the preface to the scientific encyclopedia The Circle of Sciences. I transcribed an extract of the preface in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-pleasures-of-science.pdf
Aristocrats of the Woodlands
What do you know about orchids? Find out by reading this selection transcribed by me in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: aristocrats-of-the-woodlands.pdf
The Planetary and Terrestrial Worlds
Here is an extract of the essay Contemplations on the Starry Heavens by English clergyman and writer James Hervey, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly for the blog. Attachment: the-planetary-and-terrestrial-worlds.pdf
La Marseillaise
For our francophone writers and in celebration of Bastille Day (la Fête nationale française, le 14 juillet), the story of La Marseillaise, as told by the French author, poet, and statesman Alphonse de Lamartine, and transcribed by yours truly in Sténographie Gregg (both Anniversary and Simplified) for the blog. Attachment: la-marseillaise-anniv.pdf Attachment: la-marseillaise-simpl.pdf
America
An essay about America, from the book Let the Record Speak by American journalist Dorothy Thompson, here transcribed by me in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: america.pdf