At the funeral of a married woman, three ceremonies must, I was told, be performed, if possible, by a daughter or daughter-in-law, viz.:— (1) Tying a leafy branch of the tiviri shrub ( Atylosia Candolleana ) in the putkūli of the corpse; [ 155 ] (2) Tying balls of thread and cowry shells on the arm of the corpse, just above the elbow; (3) Setting fire to the funeral pyre, which was, on the present occasion, done by lighting a rag fed with ghī with a match. — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
Then a large body of the troops sent
Then a large body of the troops sent by General Lee from General Longstreet's corps were delayed by the breaking down of trains, or by some other cause, and did not arrive at the appointed hour, which caused so great a delay that we did not get in the fort and upon the enemy's flank at as early an hour as was expected, and daylight found us with the plan only half executed. — from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis
this at least becomes obvious that the State
Against the deviation of the State-tendency into a money-tendency, to be feared from this side, the only remedy is war and once again war, in the emotions of which this at least becomes obvious, that the State is not founded upon the fear of the war-demon, as a protective institution for egoistic individuals, but in love to fatherland and prince, it produces an ethical impulse, indicative of a much higher destiny. — from Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays
Collected Works, Volume Two by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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