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徬徨 (Wandering or Pang Huang)

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Xun Lu

Wandering or Pang Huang was Lu Xun's second collection of stories. It was published near the end of 1925 and included 11 stories written bet…

What, Really, is Success?

In Successward: A Young Man's Book for Young Men

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Edward Bok

A short book on how to succeed in life, written by a young man, for young men. - Summary by TriciaG

Illusions, Part 1

In On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime

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Hugo Münsterberg

Eight sketches by one of the pioneers of applied psychology, which highlight the mind of the witness on the witness stand, and how one can b…

Chapter VI - Internal Combustion Engines

In The Romance of Modern Mechanism

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Archibald Williams

In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very d…

Maxims 151-160

In The Art of Worldly Wisdom

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Baltasar Gracián

300 short maxims by Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). The advice is still useful and insightful for our modern world. Gracian was…

Chapter XXXVIII, Part 1

In The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II

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Xueqin Cao

The Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, and considered the g…