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Swiss Philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel on Love, Its Torments, and Its Redemptions
Swiss Philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel on Love, Its Torments, and Its Redemptions

“Do not amend by reasoning, but by example; approach feeling by feeling; do not hope to excite love except by love.”

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Italo Calvino on Abortion and the Meaning of Life
Italo Calvino on Abortion and the Meaning of Life

“A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.”

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Coffee, It’s a Man’s Drink: Esquire’s Vintage Rules for Brewing the Perfect Cup
Coffee, It’s a Man’s Drink: Esquire’s Vintage Rules for Brewing the Perfect Cup

“No aspect of your cooking skill will bring you greater or more lasting pleasure than the ability to prepare the drink that stimulates wit and digestion.”

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The Power of Process: What Young Mozart Teaches Us About the Secret of Cultivating Genius
The Power of Process: What Young Mozart Teaches Us About the Secret of Cultivating Genius

On the “powerful blend of instruction, encouragement, and constant practice.”

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Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling Critique the Media
Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling Critique the Media

“There are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press.”

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14 Rules for Travel and Life: Founding Father Benjamin Rush’s Advice to His Young Son
14 Rules for Travel and Life: Founding Father Benjamin Rush’s Advice to His Young Son

“Remember at all times that while you are seeing the world, the world will see you.”

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James Earl Jones Reads from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
James Earl Jones Reads from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”

“The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.”

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Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Playful Self-Portrait in Verse
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Playful Self-Portrait in Verse

Poetic amusement from the only woman who can get away with calling Edmund Wilson “Bunny.”

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Henry Miller’s Notice to Visitors
Henry Miller’s Notice to Visitors

“When you come please be so kind as to check your neuroses and psychoses at the gate… Let us do our best, even if it gets us nowhere.”

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Gender Politics and the English Language, Pete Seeger Edition
Gender Politics and the English Language, Pete Seeger Edition

“Building a new and livable world will necessitate thousands of little changes.”

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