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The Valley of Dry Bones
Considerations by the Way An ancient philosopher receives a call to action. We shall not presume to anticipate the judgment of our fellow-citizens throughout the Union on these important letters,...
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Booker T. Washington: Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are
American Debate In September, 1895, Booker T. Washington—of the Tuskegee Institute—addresses the Atlanta Exposition. To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or...
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The Rainy Day
The Rainy Day. ————— THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day...
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A Psalm of Praise
Considerations by the Way An ancient philosopher celebrates in a manner befitting. We shall not presume to anticipate the judgment of our fellow-citizens throughout the Union on these important...
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The Light Of Stars
This poem was written on a beautiful summer night. The moon, a little strip of silver, was just setting behind the groves of Mount Auburn, and the planet Mars blazing in the southeast. There was a...
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Prophets, Priests, Princes, and People
Considerations by the Way An ancient philosopher addresses a corrupt nation. We shall not presume to anticipate the judgment of our fellow-citizens throughout the Union on these important letters,...
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A Christmas Carol
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens, Audio. (3 hours, 11 minutes.) ————— https://archive.org/download/christmascarol_km_librivox/christmascarol_01_dickens.mp3 Stave I: Marley’s Ghost —...
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You’ve Got Faith?
Considerations by the Way An ancient philosopher illustrates a fundamental principle. We shall not presume to anticipate the judgment of our fellow-citizens throughout the Union on these important...
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The Vanity of Human Wishes
The Vanity of Human Wishes. [In Imitation Of The Tenth Satire Of Juvenal.] ————— LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru. Remark each anxious toil, each eager...
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The Brook
The Brook. ————— I COME from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By...
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