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The Fireside Chats
Franklin Delano RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) was the 32nd President of the United States. He led his country and the world during a time of massive economic crisis and war. As the only American president e..
The Mind in the Making - The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform
James Harvey RobinsonThis is an essay—not a treatise—on the most important of all matters of human concern. Although it has cost its author a great deal more thought and labor than will be apparent, it falls, in his estim..
Uncle Vanya
Anton ChekhovUncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of..
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
Andrew J. BlackbirdHistory of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan: a grammar of their language, and personal and family history of the author. ... Blackbird finds Biblical parallels with Ottawa and Chippewa acco..
Nathan the Wise
Gotthold Ephraim LessingNathan the Wise is a play published by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. Its performance was forbidden by the church during Lessing's lifetime, and it was..
Ourika
Claire DurasOurika is an 1823 novel by Claire de Duras, originally published anonymously. Ourika is a story based on the life of a woman who was purchased as a child (in or around 1786) by the Chevalier de Bouffl..
Amadis of Gaul
Nicola Francesco HaymAmadís de Gaula is a landmark work among the chivalric romances which were in vogue in sixteenth-century Spain, although its first version, much revised before printing, was written at the onset of th..
Among the Great Masters of Music
Walter RowlandsAmong the GreOne of the most ancient legends handed down to us by the early Church is that of St. Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians. She is known to have been honoured by Christians as far..