Political Science
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1849 - 1856)
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Millard Fillmore
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Modern England 1820-1885
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Oscar Browning
This short survey opens with the accession of that portly spendthrift, King George IV. With British support, Greece becomes independent. The…
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy
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Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
Lothrop Stoddard's most famous treatise on race. Written in the aftermath of the First World War, Stoddard examines the racial trends of his…
Woman and Labour
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Olive Schreiner
I should like to say to the men and women of the generations which will come after us—“You will look back at us with astonishment! You will …
Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January Sixth Attack on…
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United States House of Representatives and United States House Of Representatives
This report will provide greater detail about the multi-step effort devised and driven by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election and blo…
Israel and Hamas Conflict in Brief
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Jim Zanottiandjeremy M. Sharp and Jim Zanotti And Jeremy M. Sharp
This short report, written for the Congressional Research Service with the aim of informing U.S. legislative debate, covers the Israel-Hamas…
Common Sense, version 4
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Thomas Paine
In November 1774, Norfolk native Thomas Paine arrived in Philadelphia. He came under the recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, and indeed it…
Birth Control and the State
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Carlos Blacker
This essay is one of a great number that endorse the principle of eugenics, a controversial study and practice that aims for society or gove…
Friends of Ukraine Publications
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Various
A number of publications distributed by the Friends of Ukraine in the period after the First World War when the Ukraine was struggling for i…
The World's Best Orations, Volume 3
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Various
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
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Various
Long before he was President and having just started his law practice, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered (January 27, 1838) a speech on …
The Christian Commonwealth
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John Eliot
John Eliot, a North American missionary, advocates for post-civil-war England to adopt a representative democracy, using the Mosaic Law as a…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1837 - 1844)
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Martin Van Buren
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Anti-Dictator: The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire
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Étienne De La Boétie
Étienne de La Boétie was the closest friend of Michel de Montaigne and the subject of the latter's famous essay "On Frien…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860)
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James Buchanan
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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1889 - 1892)
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Benjamin Harrison
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The Partition of Europe: A Textbook of European History 1715-1815
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Philip Guedalla
Philip Guedalla writes, "History is the most interesting part of geography, and European history is particularly dependent upon the con…
Whom We Shall Welcome: Report of the President's Commission on Immigration and …
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The President'S Commission On Immigration And Naturalizatio
In 1952, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which had many provisions objectionable to many Americans. President T…
The Beggars of Paris
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Louis Paulian
Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…
Charles James Fox
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Henry Offley Wakeman
Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a prominent British Whig member of Parliament and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. A staunch op…