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Carlton McCarthy - Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
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Lysander Spooner - Essay on the Trial by Jury
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Peter Kropotkin - Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
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