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Varieties of Religious Experience

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William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by the Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James that comp…

Gossip in a Library

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Edmund Gosse

A collection of informal essays about books in his library. He combines commentary, translations, and humorous asides about authors and thei…

Chapter 7

In The Custom of the Country

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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York "Society", who spent much of her life in France. In this nov…

Maiden Speech, 1901

In Selected House of Commons Speeches

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Winston Churchill and Winston S. Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during W…

Venial to Virtue

In English Synonyms and Antonyms

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James Champlin Fernald

English Synonyms and Antonyms is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each ent…

Preface

In Raleigh

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Edmund Gosse

Sir Walter Raleigh's plan in 1584 for colonization in the "Colony and Dominion of Virginia" (which included the present-day states…

10 - Under the Plane-Tree

In Romola

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George Eliot

George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is fall…

Chapter 3: Elbow to Elbow

In Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

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William H. Edwards and William Hanford Edwards

A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America. (summary by Ian Hatley)