The James Logan Courier

The World Cup is not the only international competition going on this summer. With vacation and beach reading season in full swing, American readers find themselves trailing their reading counterparts across the pond.


A Young Girl Reading by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
c. 1776 Oil on canvas, 82 x 65 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington

By Parke Brewer
Kaiserslautern, Germany
www.voanews.com

In a hard-fought, physical game that featured three red card ejections and nearly 40 fouls, the United States held on valiantly to tie Italy, 1-1. The Americans played nearly the entire second half with nine players to Italy's 10.


USA goalkeeper Kasey Keller.
His three saves against Italy
earned him the
Fifa Man of the Match award.

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Ghana surge past Czech Republic in Group E

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Thomas Carlyle (December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881) was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. Coming from a strictly Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher. However, while at the University of Edinburgh he lost his Christian faith. Nevertheless Calvinist values remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.

Read Thomas Carlyle's book On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History, free from Project Gutenberg.