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G. K. Chesterton - Miscellaneous Essays of G. K. Chesterton
These eleven files are miscellaneous short essays or stories from G.K. Chesterton. They were chosen for not only their brevity but also for being shining exemplars of Chesterton's wit and whimsy. A fun but powerful...
Vincent Torre
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Henry van Dyke - Spirit of Christmas
A short Christmas book by American author, educator, and clergyman Henry Van Dyke, including a short story, two essays, and two prayers for the season. (summary by Jan MacGillivray)
Jan MacGillivray
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Henry David Thoreau - Walking
This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled «The Wild». He revised it before his death and it was included as part of the June 1862 edition of Atlantic Monthly. This essay...
Chris Masterson
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Immanuel Kant - Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books
This essay of Kant’s on copyright argues that the unlicensed copying of books cannot possibly be permissible, due to the fact that it assumes a consent on the part of the author which it is logically impossible for...
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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
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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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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
H. G. Wells
Eight Keys to Eden
Mark Clifton
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)
William Blake
Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916
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Around the World with the Children
Frank G. Carpenter
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