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Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Version 2)

Read by Gloria Loughry


Inazō Nitobe


Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among…

Oration at Plymouth - John Quincy Adams

In The World's Best Orations, Volume 1

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Various


Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…

Ad Matrem by Julian Henry Charles Fane

In Sonnets of This Century

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Various


This comprehensive anthology of English sonnets of the Nineteenth Century, edited and arranged by William Sharp, was published in 1887. It…

Ch 1: Catastrophe and Social Disintegration

In Catastrophe and Social Change, Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax D…

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Samuel Henry Prince


The Halifax Disaster in 1917 was the greatest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb."The following pages [are] the result of an o…

XVII. Western Society of the Army of the Potomac Banquet

In The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 12 - Miscellany

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Robert G. Ingersoll


Enjoy listening to some of The Great Agnostic's fiery articles, speeches and introductory remarks at a variety of banquets, expositions (lik…

Chapter 07 - Bishop Marvin

In History Of Missouri In Words Of One Syllable

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Emily Steinestel Macnamara


A simplified history of the state of Missouri, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one syll…

THE MONTH OF FASTING

In Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel

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Gertrude Bell


Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and ant…

Repentance and Forgiveness the Gift of our Exalted Saviour (Acts 5:31)

In Practical Sermons

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Archibald Alexander


The sermons contain what the author believes to be evangelical truth, in the exhibition of which, his aim has been to render the gospel pers…

The Wooing of the Princess

In Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 1

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William Henry Wilkins


Caroline moved to England from Hanover when her father-in-law became George I and her husband Prince of Wales. She had a tumultuous relation…

Strange Adventures of the Saint’s Body

In The Story of Santa Klaus

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William S. Walsh


Who was Santa Klaus? Did he exist? In this study of custom and folklore, the author looks at the real and the legendary man, according to va…