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The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI

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Diogenes Laertius


There are 10 divisions in this title. This project is a recording of book 6. There is a number of interesting anecdotes on the lives of Anti…

The Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

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David Brewster


“The martyrs of Science” gives a brief biography of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. These three men played a pivotal role in the scientific revol…

My Reminiscences

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Rabindranath Tagore


These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America…

The Jews of Long Ago

In Our Little Jewish Cousin

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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade


In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. Th…

Symbolism in the Dream

In A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud


These twenty-eight lectures to laymen are elementary and almost conversational. Freud sets forth with a frankness almost startling the diffi…

Chapter XVII - Shetland Hospitality

In The Two Destinies

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Wilkie Collins


Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't se…

Chapter 4A

In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 01

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Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne and Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne


The author and Napoleon become boyhood friends when they are eight years old in Corsica. They separate when Napoleon is transferred from the…

What Men Live By, Part 1

In What Men Live By and Other Tales (Version 2)

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Leo Tolstoy


This is a collection of 4 stories by Leo Tolstoy, all dealing with the question asked in the title of the first story: What Does Man Live By…

71 - Book VI, Chapter XXI

In Henrietta Temple

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Benjamin Disraeli


The Armine family, in particular the young Ferdinand Armine, is in great financial difficulties. Ferdinand's grandfather has burdened the fa…

I - The Soul of Princess Tchikhatzoff, part 1

In Stolen Souls

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William le Queux and William Le Queux


This is a collection of 14 of William le Queux' best mystery stories. (Summary by Carolin)

05 - In which Mr Jabberjee expresses his Opinions on Bicycling as a Pastime.

In Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

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F. Anstey


Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different back…

No innate speculative principles. Part II

In An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding Book I

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John Locke


John Locke's essays on human understanding answers the question “What gives rise to ideas in our minds?”. In the first book Locke refutes th…