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The Ordeal of Mark Twain

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Van Wyck Brooks

This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attribu…

31 - Gulliver Escapes From The Eagle

In The Junior Classics Volume 5: Stories That Never Grow Old

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William Patten and Variousandwilliam Patten

A selection of famous tales selected and re-worked for a junior audience. Stories are taken from Arabian Nights, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's…

Appendix

In Oracles of Nostradamus

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Charles A. Ward

Charles A. Ward was considered one of the most knowledgeable in his studies of the prophecies of Nostradamus. Ward viewed the prophecies of …

The Sower (13:18)

In Matthew, from Horae Homileticae

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Charles Simeon

Simeon's Works, as they were published 1832, fill twenty-one large octavo volumes, and the title-page reads, 'Horae Homileticae or Discourse…

Lord Northmuir's Young Relative

In The Girl Who Had Nothing

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Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

The Girl Who Had Nothing is about a young orphan girl in desperate circumstances, who throws herself on the mercy of an elderly stranger. By…

The Boulevard of Rogues

In Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series

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Meredith Nicholson

This book is composed of 24 short stories, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, and is the second collection of "modern sho…

25 - Theories of Knowledge

In Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

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John Dewey

An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the d…

Chapter III: Walls

In The Decoration of Houses

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Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman and Edith Wharton

The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In …

Book I, Chapter III, Section III

In The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

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Émile Durkheim

A study and analysis of religion as a social phenomenon by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. (Summary by Erin Stone)