The Ecosystems Research Center (ERC) was established at Cornell U ni versity in October 1980 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the goals of: 1. Identifying fundamental principles and concepts of ecosystems sci ence and the determination of their importance in understanding and pre dicting the responses of ecosystems to stress, the description of the basic mechanisms that operate within ecosystems, and an examination of the stability of ecosystem structure and function in the face of stress. 2. Testing the applicability of those theoretical concepts to problems of concern to the EPA through a consideration of retrospective and other case studies. In line with these goals, the Hudson River ecosystem provided the basis for the first major retrospective study undertaken by the ERC. The goal of the project was to develop recommendations concerning how ecosystem monitoring can and should be carried out in support of EPA's regulatory responsibilities. Our hope was and is that the experience gained from this study will be broadly applicable to a range of manage ment problems involving estuarine ecosystems, and will lead to more effective regulation."

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1883 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1892 Edition.

Christian Science and Other Superstitions: Being Selected Chapters From "Faith-Healing, Christian Science, and Kindred Phenomena

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1892 Edition.

1883. After more than eleven years' experience contending for the moral purity of the children of the land, and seeking to prevent certain evils from being brought in contact with this ever-susceptible class, I have one clear conviction, viz., that Satan lays the snare, and children are his victims. Thus spoke Comstock, self-styled guardian of the moral purity of youth, special agent of the Post Office Department, founder and leading spirit of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, and premier anti-vice crusader in American history.

1892. Contents: faith healing; astrology, divinations and coincidences; dreams, nightmare and somnambulism; presentiments, visions and apparitions; witchcraft; Christian Science and mind cure. The author gives definitions of the various subject matter, explanations of theories, interpretations, treatments, and presents several examples of these phenomena to aid the reader in a better comprehension of such phenomena.

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The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice sounds like the satirical invention of a modern wag, but it was a very real organization dedicated to policing public morality in the late 19th century. Its founder, Anthony Comstock, was notorious as a crusader for "decency" and a strident advocate of censorship-so strident, in fact, that George Bernard Shaw coined the term "comstockery" to refer to his zeal for the cause. (Shaw was one of Comstock's victims; so were Theodore Dreiser and D.H. Lawrence.) In this rare 1883 work, hard to find today in an elegant edition, Comstock offers the "warnings, restraints, guidance and sympathy" that "alone" might "save the youth" from vileness and corruption, and compulsively itemizes the "traps" that were seducing American youngsters into lives of debauchery and vice, including "pernicious literature," gambling, "free love," "lewd art," and more. A hilarious artifact of 19th-century "scandal," this inadvertently delightful book makes for wonderfully iniquitous reading today.

1892. This essay consists of articles which originally appeared in "The Christian Advocate" and some additional matter of importance. The principles underlying it are that pure air is life and the want of it death; that deep breathing is essential to vigorous health; and that chronic disease, except when the result of accident, is caused by neglecting, and by transgressing, little by little for a long time, and can only be cured by attending and obeying the laws of health for a long time.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. 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 for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

1883. After more than eleven years' experience contending for the moral purity of the children of the land, and seeking to prevent certain evils from being brought in contact with this ever-susceptible class, I have one clear conviction, viz., that Satan lays the snare, and children are his victims. Thus spoke Comstock, self-styled guardian of the moral purity of youth, special agent of the Post Office Department, founder and leading spirit of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, and premier anti-vice crusader in American history.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. 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 for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This essay consists of articles which originally appeared in "The Christian Advocate" and some additional matter of importance. The principles underlying it are that pure air is life and the want of it death; that deep breathing is essential to vigorous health; and that chronic disease, except when the result of accident, is caused by neglecting, and by transgressing, little by little for a long time, and can only be cured by attending and obeying the laws of health for a long time.