To advance freedom of thought, Lessing published an essay of one hundred paragraphs outlining the history of religion. The wrath of orthodox churchmen was hurled at his head, and Lessing was left alone to defend his daring theories. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)
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
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