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[HarryT]

[Post is now redundant]

[HarryT]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, Nate, but what actually is a "state of the union address"?

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Sorry if this is a stupid question, Nate, but what actually is a "state of the union address"?

It's not a stupid question.

The State of the Union is an annual address in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). It has occurred in January (except for six occasions in February) since 1934. Sometimes, especially in recent years, newly-inaugurated Presidents have delivered speeches to joint sessions of Congress only weeks into their respective terms, but these are not officially considered State of the Union addresses. The 2007 Address took place on January 23, 2007 at 9:01 PM EST.

The address is also most frequently used to outline the President's legislative proposals for the upcoming year.

Modeled after the monarch's Speech from the Throne during the State Opening of Parliament in the United Kingdom, such a report is required by the United States Constitution. Note that there is no requirement that the speech must take place annually

from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Union_Address

[HarryT]

Thanks!

[vivaldirules]

I am thinking of doing the works of Thomas Paine (Common Sense, The Rights of Man, etc.). I've not done a conversion and upload yet and thought this would be a good first attempt before I do a few larger works that aren't yet on Project Gutenberg. If there's interest, and if you can be patient and forgiving, I'll give it a go. Any humanists out there?

[HarryT]

Go for it!

[Patricia]

Yes, do.

[Stanart]

I'm going to attempt what for me is a large project, which is the top ten bestsellers in the U.S. in 1900. There is nothing special about the year or necessarily even the books other than that I saw the list and it appears that none of the works have yet been posted here. The list includes:

1. To Have and To Hold, Mary Johnston

2. Red Pottage, Mary Cholmondeley

3. Unleavened Bread, Robert Grant

4. The Reign of Law, James Lane Allen

5. Eben Holden, Irving Bacheller

6. Janice Meredith, Paul Leicester Ford

7. The Redemption of David Corson, Charles Frederic Goss

8. Richard Carvel, Winston Churchill

9. When Knighthood Was in Flower, Charles Major

10. Alice of Old Vincennes, Maurice Thompson

[BKeeper]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I am thinking of doing the works of Thomas Paine (Common Sense, The Rights of Man, etc.). I've not done a conversion and upload yet and thought this would be a good first attempt before I do a few larger works that aren't yet on Project Gutenberg. If there's interest, and if you can be patient and forgiving, I'll give it a go. Any humanists out there?

Paine is a great choice! (One of my favorite authors BTW)
His works, although not very popular, IMHO are of capital importance to understand modern politics.

Common Sense and the Rights of Man, along with the Federalist Papers are a must read for any American.

I majored in Law, Philosophy and CS but I'd like to think of myself as a humanist.

BTW now that I've confessed, it's time to publicly thank all of you guys, you are doing amazing job with the book uploads.

Because of my background I'd specially like to thank Patricia. (for the little gems), and 'cause it's always great to "meet" someone devoted to the (our) craft and sullen art of philosophy.

Unrelated: What is a humanist these days anyway?

[Patricia]

I'm currently working on some more Voltaire. I have a particularly error-filled version of L'Ingenu that I am trying to staighten out.
(This has been translated as 'The Innocent', 'The Child of Nature' and 'The Huron'.)

[HarryT]

I am happy to report that, with my posting of Sir Henry Rider Haggard's fascinating autobiography, "The Days of My Life", my posting of Haggard's (pretty much) complete works is now completed. There are 16 volumes of the "Haggard Anthology" (containing approximately 60 novels), plus the autobiography. Should be enough to keep people going for a while, at least .

Haggard is one of my favourite authors. Hopefully these postings will serve in a small way to bring him back to the attention of some modern readers who may be unaware of his books. He didn't write great literature, but he certainly knew how to write a gripping adventure story.

The only works of Haggard that I've not posted are some (to my mind) rather tedious works of non fiction (eg a book on the state of the British agricultural industry) that he wrote while working for the British government in various roles. These are all described in his autobiography, for those interesting in learning what they are.

I will try and revise the earlier volumes that I posted over time - in those early days I didn't know nearly as much about how to produce a nice-looking book as I do now.

[JSWolf]

Does this mean we'll get em dashes thanks to Book Cleaner?

[HarryT]

Yes Jon

[JSWolf]

Oh nice! Then I'll wait till the new versions to read.

[HarryT]

Just completed a major re-formatting and "cleaning up" of vol 1 of my Haggard Anthology. Now has proper dashes, line breaks cleaned up, verse properly formatted as such, etc. A great improvement.