A boxer in public games desired to study philosophy at Athens. There were no furnaces to tend, no tables to wait on, no books or magazines to peddle, yet this sturdy young Greek managed to work his way through college. (Volume 28, Harvard Classics)
Introductory Note: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Life Is a Dream (Act I, Scene I), by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Introductory Note: Thomas Henry Huxley
Science and Culture, by Thomas Henry Huxley
Introductory Note: Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince (Ch. 1-3), by Niccolo Machiavelli
Introductory Note: Michael Faraday
Magnetism—Electricity, by Michael Faraday
Introductory Note: William Hazlitt
Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen, by William Hazlitt
Introductory Note: American Historical Documents
Washington’s First Inaugural Address, by George Washington
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights
Introductory Note: The Book of Ecclesiastes
The Book of Ecclesiastes (Ch. 1-5)
Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Of Miracles), by David Hume
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