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Chapter 2 - Economic Motives

In The Principles of Economics with Applications to Practical Problems

Read by Richard Jackson

Frank Albert Fetter

Frank Albert Fetter was an American economist of the Austrian school, but referred to himself as a member of the “American Psychological Sch…

17 - The Literary Emperors and Their Time (A.D. 886-963)

In The Byzantine Empire

Read by Richard Carpenter

Charles William Chadwick Oman

Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was …

How Pantagruel became sick, and the manner how he was recovered

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II

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François Rabelais

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…

01 - Chapter XX, Part 1

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

24 - CHAPTER XXIV - AN OLD STAGE-COACHING HOUSE

In The Uncommercial Traveller

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Charles Dickens

The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …

Light - Chapter XXVI. The Eye

In Nature's Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration

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Elisha Gray

Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his develo…

01 - The Life of David Hume, Esq.

In The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of …

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David Hume

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

Chapter IV - Conspiracy

In The Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just bef…

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