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: Walt Whitman
Poems, by Walt Whitman
Introductory Note: Drake’s Great Armada
Drake’s Great Armada, by Captain Walter Bigges
Introductory Note: Benvenuto Cellini
Autobiography (Vol. I, Ch. XIII-XIX), by Benvenuto Cellini
Introductory Note: George Berkeley
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (The Second Dialogue), by George Berkeley
Introductory Note: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust (Part I), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Introductory Note: American Historical Documents
First Charter of Virginia
Introductory Note: The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
The New Atlantis, by Francis Bacon
Introductory Note: Aeschylus
The Libation-Bearers (Part II), by Aeschylus
Introductory Note: William Wordsworth
Poems, by William Wordsworth
Introductory Note: Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (VII), by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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