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The Apology of Socrates (version 3)

Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit

Plato

Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial for "corrupting the youth" is a classic summation of his teacher's life and miss…

Bk 01 Ch 09: The Unexpected

In Les Misérables, Volume 2

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Victor Hugo, transl. Hapgood and Victor Hugo

This is book 2 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the w…

Ch 11: Of the Clergy - Part 2

In Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 1 (1765)

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William Blackstone

~ BOOK THE FIRST ~The Commentaries on the Laws of England are an influential 18th century treatise on the common law of England by Sir Willi…

Chapters 11-12

In Bible (KJV) NT 03: Luke

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King James Version

The Gospel of Luke is the most literary of the four gospels which recount the life and work of Jesus Christ. Although anonymous, the book is…

The Annals Bk. 1: Tiberius Takes the Throne

In The Works of Tacitus, Vol. I

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Tacitus, ed. Thomas Gordon and Publius Cornelius Tacitus

The historical works of Tacitus are a history of the period from A.D. 14 to 96 in thirty volumes. Although many of the works were lost (only…

Book 09, chapters 01-08

In Confessions (Outler translation)

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St. Augustine of Hippo and Saint Augustine of Hippo

Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written betwee…

Vol 1 Bk 1 Ch 01-09

In The Life of Apollonius of Tyana

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Philostratus, tr by Conybeare and Flavius Philostratus

Apollonius of Tyana (ca. 40-120 AD) was a Greek Pythagorean philosopher and teacher. He hailed from the town of Tyana in the Roman province …

Book 3, Chapter 25: The Games

In Adam Bede

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George Eliot

Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously,…

Last Words

In Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

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Booker T. Washington

Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War…