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In Defense of Women

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H. L. Mencken

In Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken's 1918 book on women and the relationship between the sexes. Some laud the book as progressive while ot…

Preface to the First Edition, 1781

In The Critique of Pure Reason

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Immanuel Kant

The Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781 with a second edition in 1787, has been called the most influential and important philo…

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In The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

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Joseph Trienens and Joseph Triemens

Written in 1910, this "cyclopedia" is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is mo…

IXD. Jeffersonian Republicans:Chief Justice Marshall/Summary

In History of the United States, Vol. III

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Charles and Mary Beard and Charles Austin Beard

Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

26 - Development of the Muscles

In Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 2 (Gray's Anatomy)

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Henry Gray

Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…

Queer

In Winesburg, Ohio

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Sherwood Anderson

Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a …

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In The Sayings of Confucius

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Confucius 孔子

Promoting virtues such as filial devotion, compassion, loyalty, and propriety, these dialogues between the ancient Chinese philosopher Confu…

Brutus I

In The Anti-Federalist Papers

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Antifederalists and Patrick Henry

During the period of debate over the ratification of the Constitution, numerous independent local speeches and articles were published all a…