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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…

Some Psalms: Three Classic English Translations

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King James Version


The Psalms, traditionally ascribed to David the King, are regarded in the Christian tradition as the voice of Christ speaking through His an…

19 - The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God

In Sermons on Several Occasions, First Series

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John Wesley


John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. "The following Sermons contain the …

20 - Book 3 Chapter 7 - The Controversy

In The Brothers Karamazov

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky


The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Братья Карамазовы) is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered …

Book 11, chapters 12-21

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…

08 - Part 2 Chapter 1

In Crime and Punishment

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky


Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished St. Petersburg stude…

Chapter 04

In War and Peace, Book 11: 1812

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Leo Tolstoy


War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir”) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, firs…

22 - The Future Punishment of the Wicked, pt 1

In Select Sermons

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Jonathan Edwards


Jonathan Edwards was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans. Edwards "is widely ac…

Chapter 7- Through the Mist

In Work: A Story of Experience

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Louisa May Alcott


It is one of "several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women's work in the new industrial era, as well as the …