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Rutherford B. Hayes, December 1, 1879, part 2

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1877 - 1884)

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Rutherford B. Hayes


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,…

Observ. VII.

In Micrographia

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Robert Hooke


Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…

Summa Theologica - 01 Pars Prima, Initial Questions

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Saint Thomas Aquinas


The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas although it …

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant


In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether…

Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

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Thomas Jefferson


Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain a…

Summa Theologica - 02 Pars Prima, Trinity and Creation

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Saint Thomas Aquinas


The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas although it …

Psychology of the Unconscious

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Carl Gustav Jung


Jung says in his subtitle that this work is a study of the transformations and symbolisms of the libido and a contribution to the history of…

Magna Carta

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Unknown


The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version…

Amendments to the United States Constitution (version 2)

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United States Government and Unit


The Constitution has a total of 27 amendments. The first ten, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified simultaneously. The fo…

The Theory of Psychoanalysis

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Carl Gustav Jung


Jung says the following in his introduction: "in these lectures I have attempted to reconcile my practical experiences in psychoanalysi…

The Gettysburg Address (version 4)

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Abraham Lincoln


The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States hist…

Lady Jim of Curzon Street

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Fergus Hume


Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, …

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister

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Ulysses S. Grant


Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man a…

The Birth of Tragedy

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Friedrich Nietzsche


In this famous early work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he investigates the artistic characteristics of Apollonian (reason) and…

My Bondage and My Freedom

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Frederick Douglass


The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circum…

Laws (version 2)

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Plato


Laws (Greek: Νόμοι) is Plato's last and longest dialogue. It is generally agreed that Plato wrote this dialogue as an older man, having fail…

Early Greek Philosophy and Other Essays

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Friedrich Nietzsche


The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the exception of perhaps one we must consider all these papers as fragme…

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche: Volume 3

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Friedrich Nietzsche


Volume 3 of the complete works contains several short critical introductory essays, five lectures under the heading "On the Future of o…

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

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Alfred Thayer Mahan


The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare written in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role…