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The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, part 1 (p. 196)

In The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Read by Ken Theriot

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Having left Sherlock Holmes apparently deceased at the conclusion of The Final Problem (in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), we now find that…

Tales 2: Mr. Minns and His Cousin

In Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

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Charles Dickens

Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It c…

Anthem

Read by Chere Theriot

Ayn Rand

Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story taking place at some unspecified future date. Mankind has entered another dark age as a result of…

Poem 207 - 遣悲怀 其三 (Mandarin)

In 唐诗三百首 卷四 Three Hundred Tang Poems, Volume 4

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Yuan Zhen

Compiled around 1763, 'Three Hundred Tang Poems' is the standard collection of the poetic art of the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907). Volume Four …

Gravissimo Officii Munere (On French Associations of Worship) August 10, 1906

In Encyclical Letters of Pope St. Pius X

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Pope St Pius X

During his eleven year pontificate (1903-1914) Pope St. Pius X wrote 16 encyclicals. The subjects ranged from saints, The Immaculate Concept…

Maxims 131-140

In The Art of Worldly Wisdom

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Baltasar Gracián

300 short maxims by Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). The advice is still useful and insightful for our modern world. Gracian was…