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Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey
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Thomas de Quincey - Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey

The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (an activity shared with his hero, Samuel Coleridge, much to Wordsworth’s dismay). However, de Quincey’s...
Richard Grove and 6 more 8 hours 12 minutes
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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Henry David Thoreau - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thoreau’s belief that people should not allow governments to overrule or atrophy...
Gord Mackenzie 1 hour 21 minutes
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Essays, First Series
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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays, First Series

“We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related, the eternal ONE....
Linda Leu and 6 more 8 hours 28 minutes
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From October to Brest-Litovsk
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Leon Trotsky - From October to Brest-Litovsk

This account by Trotsky is of the events in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, to his signing of the Brest-Litovsk treaty with Germany on 3rd March 1918 which took Russia out of the First World...
Rebecca Dittman 4 hours 1 minute
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Open Library
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Brewster Kahle - Open Library

Text of the speech given by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive , at the launch of the Open Library in October 2005. LibriVox was invited to the launch, and produced audio recordings for «An...
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Insomnia Collection Vol. 003
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Insomnia Collection Vol. 003

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented...
TriciaG and 9 more 15 hours 48 minutes
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Lincoln at Cooper Union
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Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln at Cooper Union

On 27 February 1860, Abraham Lincoln gave this address at the Cooper Union in New York City. When he gave the speech, Lincoln was considered by many to be just a country lawyer. After he gave the speech, he soon...
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Stolen Bacillus and other stories
Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells
Eight Keys to Eden
Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake
Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916
Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916
Short Story Collection Vol. 081
Short Story Collection Vol. 081
Around the World with the Children
Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter
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