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Rev Sir James Marchant FRSE FLS FRAS KBE LLD (1867–1956) was a British eugenicist, social reformer and author. He was leader of the National Vigilance Association, concerned with social morality, and also the Director of the National Council of Public Morals. He epitomised the view of the priggish Victorian attitude to sex and morality. Life James Marchant was born in London on 18 December 1867. Between 1889 and 1893, Marchant was a lecturer on Christian apologetics to the Bishop of St Albans and to the Christian Evidence Society. In 1895, Marchant became a minister of an independent Congregational church in Plymouth. He went on to lead a Presbyterian church in north London before serving as an assistant minister to a Presbyterian church in Clapham. In 1903, Marchant became clerical secretary to Dr Barnardo's Homes. In 1913, Marchant was appointed secretary of the National Birth-rate Commission. In 1917, Marchant was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Thomas Clouston, Sir Alexander Russell Simpson, John Arthur Thomson and John William Ballantyne. In 1921, Marchant was created a Knight of the Order of the British Empire by King George V for his work on birth-rate and contraception. Marchant died at his home in Sherborne on 20 May 1956. Family In 1895, he married Eleanor Jane Gordon. Publications Theories of the Resurrection of Christ (1896) Theories of the Person of Christ (1903) Social Hygienics: A New Crusade (1909) Aids to Purity (1909) A Plea for Regeneration (1912) The Cleansing of a City (1917) The Master Problem (1917) The Coming Renaissance (1923) British Preachers (1927) The Coming of Age of Christianity (1951) The Censorship of Low Orade Literature The Reunion of Christendom The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace References External links Works by James Marchant at Project Gutenberg . Discover the James Marchant popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James Marchant books.
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Into Goblyn Wood
Anna KempFairies are real, but their power is waning . . . Embark on the adventure of a lifetime and discover the magic of Goblyn Wood, with the first book in a major new fantasy series for...
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Complete Romance Fantasy Humor Poetry of James Branch Cabell
James Branch CabellAn American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered esca...
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Tudor Adventurers
James EvansIn the spring of 1553, three ships sailed northeast from London into uncharted waters. The scale of their ambition was breathtaking. Drawing on the latest navigational science and ...
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Not Always a Saint
Mary Jo PutneyRegency thrills from the New York Times bestselling author of Not Quite a Wife, who always delivers “adventure, passion and pure reading pleasure” (Jo Beverley). After the death of...
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Modern Classic Short Novels Of Science Fiction
Gardner DozoisThe novella is, in the words of Gardner Dozois, "a perfect length for a science fiction story: long enough to enable you to flesh out the details of a strange alien world or a biza...
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Richard II
William Shakespeare & Stanley Wells'Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king'Richard, a vain, despotic ruler, listens only to his flatterers. When his cousin Bolingbroke, p...
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Orlando Furioso
Ludovico Ariosto & Barbara ReynoldsA dazzling kaleidoscope of adventures, ogres, monsters, barbaric splendor, and romance, this epic poem stands as one of the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance.
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The Pot of Gold and Other Plays
PlautusOne of the supreme comic writers of the Roman world, Plautus (c.254184 BC), skilfully adapted classic Greek comic models to the manners and customs of his day. This collection feat...
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The New Science of Strong Materials
J E GordonWhy isn't wood weaker that it is? Why isn't steel stronger? Why does glass sometimes shatter and sometimes bend like spring? Why do ships break in half? What is a liquid and is tre...
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The Oresteian Trilogy
Aeschylus & Philip VellacottAeschylus (525c.456 bc) set his great trilogy in the immediate aftermath of the Fall of Troy, when King Agamemnon returns to Argos, a victor in war. Agamemnon depicts the hero's di...
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Robert Louis Stevenson & Robert MighallEveryone has a dark side.Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise o...
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Paradiso
Dante & Robin KirkpatrickHaving plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory in parts one and two of the Divine Comedy, Dante ascends to Heaven in this third and final part, c...
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Not Quite a Wife
Mary Jo PutneyFrom the bestselling author of Sometimes a Rogue. “Of all Putney’s heroes, the Lost Lords are the most irresistiblebad boys who are so very good.”RT Book ReviewsMarry in haste, rep...
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City of Stolen Magic
Nazneen Ahmed PathakA spellbinding, epic and heartracing magical adventure from an exquisite new storytelling talent.'Ahmed Pathak is a wonderful new voice; the book took her years to write, and it sh...
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Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out
Jed Dannenbaum, Carroll Hodge & Doe MayerFive keys to creating authentic, distinctive work, whether you are a student, professional or simply love making films on your ownFor Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out, three...
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Heroes Beneath the Waves
Mary Nida SmithThe unbelievable stories of the heroic men who sailed under the sea.In Heroes Beneath the Waves, many brave men who rode submarines to great depths and across the oceans into unkno...
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Orestes and Other Plays
EuripidesWritten during the long battles with Sparta that were to ultimately destroy ancient Athens, these six plays by Euripides brilliantly utilize traditional legends to illustrate the f...
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Plays and Fragments
MenanderMenander (c. 341291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This...
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Poems and Letters
MichelangeloMichelangelo Buonarroti (14751564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a prolific and gifted poet. The ver...
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The Way of the World and Other Plays
William CongreveWith piercing accuracy William ongreve depicted the shallow, brittle world of 'society' where the right artifice in manners, fashion and conversationand moneyeased the passage to s...