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Varieties of Religious Experience

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William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by the Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James that comp…

Gossip in a Library

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Edmund Gosse

A collection of informal essays about books in his library. He combines commentary, translations, and humorous asides about authors and thei…

03 - Why Unc' Billy Possum Plays Dead

In Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories

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Thornton W. Burgess

Thornton W. Burgess was a conservationist and prolific author of children's books. His gently humorous stories about the animals of the mead…

10 - Under the Plane-Tree

In Romola

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George Eliot

George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is fall…

1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense

In The 9/11 Commission Report

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9/11 Commission

9/11 Commission Report, formally titled Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official…