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Weekly Story: Pompey Observes the Sabbath
Weekly Story Josephus, the First Century Jewish chronicler, relates a story in his Antiquities of the Jews wherein a Roman general uses a Jewish sect’s singular interpretation of a certain Jewish...
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John Adams: Defense of the British Soldiers—I
American Papers Following the Boston Massacre in 1770, John Adams joins in the defense of the British soldiers charged in the deaths. The rules of the common law, therefore, which authorize a man to...
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John Adams: Defense of the British Soldiers—II
American Papers Following the Boston Massacre in 1770, John Adams joins in the defense of the British soldiers charged in the deaths. Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our...
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Lincoln—On Temperance
American Debate On the one hundred and tenth anniversary of George Washington’s birth, Abraham Lincoln addresses the temperance society named for him. … again, it is so easy and so common to ascribe...
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Marcus Aurelius to Himself—Book II
Western Thought The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus—and the last of the prominent Stoic philosophers—writes for himself the philosophy which guides his actions. But I, in that I have...
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To The Lord General Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell: April 25, 1599—September 3, 1658 To The Lord General Cromwell. ————— CROMWELL, our chief of men, who, through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and...
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To-Day
To-Day. So here hath been dawning Another blue day! Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away?
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The Character of A Happy Life
————— The Character of A Happy Life. HOW happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another’s will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill; Whose passions not...
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Weekly Story: The Flatterer
Weekly Story In the similtude of a dream, a Seventeenth Century philosopher observes pilgrims on a journey to the Celestial City. A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net for his...
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Weekly Story: The Ill-Favored Ones
Weekly Story In the similtude of a dream, a Seventeenth Century philosopher observes pilgrims to the Celestial City in a violent struggle. A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but...
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‘The City Of Brass’
‘The City of Brass.’ 1909. ————— (‘Here was a people whom after their works thou shalt see wept over for their lost dominion: and in this palace is the last information respecting lords collected...
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Weekly Story: Knowles Shaw and the Universalists
He [Knowles Shaw] rather avoided than provoked controversy, preferring to win by kindness than conquer by force. An instance of this occurred at Humboldt, Kansas, during one of his meetings there. Two...
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Missive: On Idleness
Considerations by the Way A traveling evangelist corresponds with a distant congregation. We shall not presume to anticipate the judgment of our fellow-citizens throughout the Union on these...
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Jethro Advises Moses
Considerations by the Way In ancient times, a tribal elder talks to an inexperienced leader about a judicial system. We shall not presume to anticipate the judgment of our fellow-citizens...
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Coriolanus: Once the Glory of His Age
CORIOLANUS: A TRAGEDY ————— PERSONS REPRESENTED. CAIUS MARCIUS CORIOLANUS. ATTIUS TULLUS, general of the Volscian army. GALESUS, one of the deputies of the Volscian states attending the camp....
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Weekly Story: The Vicar’s Family
Weekly Story An Eighteenth Century Irish novelist describes the family of a rural Vicar. I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than...
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The Wayfarer
The Wayfarer. ————— THE wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment. It was thickly grown with weeds. “Ha,” he said, “I see that no one has passed here In a long time.”...
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Commentary: Russia & the Ukraine
Commentary Czech physicist Luboš Motl, at the Reference Frame, offers a perspective on the troubles in the Ukraine. We shall not presume to anticipate the judgment of our fellow-citizens...
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Children Will Be Children
Considerations by the Way An ancient philosopher comes upon the children of a town. We shall not presume to anticipate the judgment of our fellow-citizens throughout the Union on these important...
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The Horrible History of Jones
The Horrible History of Jones. ————— JONES had a dog; it had a chain; Not often worn, not causing pain; But, as the I.K.L. had passed Their “Unleashed Cousins Act” at last, Inspectors took the...
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