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The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI

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Diogenes Laertius

There are 10 divisions in this title. This project is a recording of book 6. There is a number of interesting anecdotes on the lives of Anti…

The Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

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David Brewster

“The martyrs of Science” gives a brief biography of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. These three men played a pivotal role in the scientific revol…

My Reminiscences

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Rabindranath Tagore

These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America…

Chapter 4A

In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 01

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Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne and Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne

The author and Napoleon become boyhood friends when they are eight years old in Corsica. They separate when Napoleon is transferred from the…

MADRAS AND CALCUTTA, PART 1

In A Woman's Journey Round the World

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Ida Laura Pfeiffer

Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated i…

What Men Live By, Part 1

In What Men Live By and Other Tales (Version 2)

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Leo Tolstoy

This is a collection of 4 stories by Leo Tolstoy, all dealing with the question asked in the title of the first story: What Does Man Live By…

The Jews of Long Ago

In Our Little Jewish Cousin

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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. Th…