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Chapter VII. Austin (1842-1861)

In Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas

Read by Andrew Mauls Byron


M. E. M. Davis


A history of the of Texas from La Salle's Texas Settlement in 1685 to the dedication of the State Capitol building at Austin in 1888. - Summ…

ON NOISE

In Essays of Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer


Schopenhauer is considered to be one of the most influential philosophers of all times. Many of his ideas and quotes have been quoted largel…

Appendix: Heine on Liszt / A Letter from Berlioz to Liszt / Hesse’s Criticism o…

In Life of Liszt

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Ludwig Nohl


The Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer, Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886), is still regarded as one of the greatest classical musicians of all …

Sombre, by John M. Ellicott, U. S. N.

In The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 12 September 1897

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Various


The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

The Moon; Deus Lunus, Phœbe, part 1

In The Secret Doctrine, Volume I. Cosmogenesis. Part II. The Evolution Of Symbolism

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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky


In this work of comparative religion, ontology and epistemology, Mme. Blavatsky presents science as a belief system of as much value as othe…

Chapter XII. The Catholic South by the Rev. W. E. Collins (part 3)

In The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 02, The Reformation

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Various


The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…

Bach

In The Book of Musical Knowledge

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Arthur Elson


This book has been planned with a view to placing before the general reader the main facts that will enable him to appreciate music intellig…

Chaucer's A.B.C.

In The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

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Geoffrey Chaucer


Generally considered to be the first book written in English (rather than Latin, French or Italian), Chaucer's magnum opus is a collection o…

The Idyllic Vision of Life

In The waning of the middle ages: a study of the forms of life, thought and art in…

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Johan Huizinga


The Waning of the Middle Ages (also known as The Autumn of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages), subtitled A study of the form…

Chapter XII. Austria, Poland and Turkey by Richard Lodge (part 1)

In The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 05, The Age of Louis XIV

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Various


The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…

Book III, Chapter III, Section I, "The Positive Cult, I. The Elements of Sacrif…

In The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

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Émile Durkheim


A study and analysis of religion as a social phenomenon by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. (Summary by Erin Stone)

Euthyphro

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Plato


Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the …