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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…

Little Red Hen

In Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories

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Various


Since this series of books is intended for all young people from oneto one hundred, it opens with about eighty of the old MOTHER GOOSERHYMES…

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 …

Chapter 36

In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 3)

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Mark Twain


The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at en…

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…

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 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…

Ch 11: Of the Clergy - Part 1

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…

Ecloga 9

In Eclogae (dramatic reading)

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Publius Vergilius Maro and Virgil


This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely …

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…