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The Apology of Socrates (version 3)

Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit

Plato

Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial for "corrupting the youth" is a classic summation of his teacher's life and miss…

28 - Book 4 Chapter 4 - At the Hohlakovs'

In The Brothers Karamazov

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Братья Карамазовы) is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered …

00 - Dedication

In Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

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John Donne

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as …

Ecloga 9

In Eclogae (dramatic reading)

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Publius Vergilius Maro and Virgil

This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely …

19 - The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God

In Sermons on Several Occasions, First Series

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John Wesley

John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. "The following Sermons contain the …

Book 09, chapters 01-08

In Confessions (Outler translation)

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St. Augustine of Hippo and Saint Augustine of Hippo

Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written betwee…

Chapter 7- Through the Mist

In Work: A Story of Experience

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Louisa May Alcott

It is one of "several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women's work in the new industrial era, as well as the …

Little Red Hen

In Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories

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Various

Since this series of books is intended for all young people from oneto one hundred, it opens with about eighty of the old MOTHER GOOSERHYMES…

08 - Part 2 Chapter 1

In Crime and Punishment

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished St. Petersburg stude…