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Introductory Note: Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Egmont (Act I, Scene I), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Introductory Note: William Harvey
On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, by William Harvey
Introductory Note: Jean Jacques Rousseau
Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Introductory Note: Christopher Marlowe
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe
Introductory Note: Walt Whitman
Preface to Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
Introductory Note: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Building of the Ship, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights (The Barber’s Fifth Brother)
Introductory Note: Thomas Moore
Poems, by Thomas Moore
Introductory Note: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The Education of The Human Race, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Introductory Note: King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of King Lear (Act I, Scene I), by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heroism, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations (Book I, Ch. IV), by Adam Smith
Introductory Note: Thomas Hood
Poems, by Thomas Hood
Introductory Note: Alessandro Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed, Ch. I), by Alessandro Manzoni
Introductory Note: Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man (Epistle IV), by Alexander Pope
Introductory Note: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnets, by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Epictetus
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, by Epictetus
Introductory Note: Hans Christian Andersen
Little Ida’s Flowers, by Hans Christian Andersen
Introductory Note: Socrates and Plato
The Apology of Socrates, by Plato
Introductory Note: Ernest Renan
The Poetry of the Celtic Races (Ch. II), by Ernest Renan
Introductory Note: Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Inferno XXV-XXVII), by Dante Alighieri
Introductory Note: Edward Jenner
An Inquiry Into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, Or Cow-Pox, by Edward Jenner
Introductory Note: Robert Burns
The Two Dogs, by Robert Burns
Introductory Note: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Poems, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Introductory Note: John Webster
The Duchess of Malfi (Act IV), by John Webster
Introductory Note: Sir Walter Raleigh
The Discovery of Guiana, by Sir Walter Raleigh
Introductory Note: J. C. Friedrich von Schiller
Letters upon the Æsthetic Education of Man (Letters 1-7), by J. C. Friedrich von Schiller
Introductory Note: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The School for Scandal (Act IV, Scene III), by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Introductory Note: Robert Browning
Poems, by Robert Browning
Introductory Note: Benvenuto Cellini
Autobiography (Vol. 2, Ch. 73-79), by Benvenuto Cellini
Introductory Note: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Life Is a Dream (Act I, Scene I), by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Introductory Note: Thomas Henry Huxley
Science and Culture, by Thomas Henry Huxley
Introductory Note: Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince (Ch. 1-3), by Niccolo Machiavelli
Introductory Note: Michael Faraday
Magnetism—Electricity, by Michael Faraday
Introductory Note: William Hazlitt
Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen, by William Hazlitt
Introductory Note: American Historical Documents
Washington’s First Inaugural Address, by George Washington
The Thousand and One Nights
Introductory Note: The Book of Ecclesiastes
The Book of Ecclesiastes (Ch. 1-5)
Beauty, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Of Miracles), by David Hume
Introductory Note: Tacitus
Germany, by Tacitus
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species (Ch. III), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of King Lear (Act IV, Scene 6-7), by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Immanuel Kant
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (Sec. I), by Immanuel Kant
Introductory Note: Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
Introduction to the History of English Literature, by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
Introductory Note: Lord Byron
Poems, by Lord Byron
Concord Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Vol. 1, Part 1, Ch. 1-2), by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Introductory Note: Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Ch. 8), by Benjamin Franklin
The Divine Comedy (Inferno VIII-IX), by Dante Alighieri
Poems, by Walt Whitman
Introductory Note: Walt Whitman
Introductory Note: Drake’s Great Armada
Drake’s Great Armada, by Captain Walter Bigges