Galileo, by holding his pulse while watching a swinging cathedral lamp, evolved a theory that made clocks possible. Harvey, by feeling his pulse, educed that arteries carry blood. (Volume 38, Harvard Classics)
Dr. William Harvey died June 3, 1657.
Introductory Note: Blaise Pascal
Discourse on the Passion of Love, by Blaise Pascal
Introductory Note: Benvenuto Cellini
Autobiography (Vol. I, Ch. XXXIV-XXXVIII), by Benvenuto Cellini
Introductory Note: Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address and Other Writings, by Abraham Lincoln
Introductory Note: René Descartes
Discourse on the Method (Part I-II), by René Descartes
Introductory Note: Voltaire
Letters on the English (XVIII-XIX), by Voltaire
Introductory Note: Tacitus
Germany, by Tacitus
Introductory Note: Robert Burns
Poems, by Robert Burns
Introductory Note: Samuel Johnson
Letter to Lord Chesterfield, by Samuel Johnson
Introductory Note: Christopher Marlowe
Edward the Second (Act V), by Christopher Marlowe
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights (The Second Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea)
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