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A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics
A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics
by George Berkeley
An essay/argument for Sir Isaac Newton and the author’s mathematical beliefs and philosophies. The full title is "A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics: In answer To a Pamphlet of Philalethes Cantabrigiensis, intitled, Geometry no Friend to Infidelity, or a Defence of Sir ISAAC NEWTON, and the BRITISH Mathematicians. Also an Appendix concerning Mr. WALTON’s Vindication of the Principles of Fluxions contained in the ANALYST."
The War of the Worlds
Book One—The Coming of the Martians, Chapter 15: What Had Happened in Surrey
by H.G. Wells
The military continues to engage the Martians, who make use of a new type weapon.
Gulliver's Travels
Part Two: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 1
by Jonathan Swift
A great storm described; the long boat sent to fetch water; the author goes with it to discover the country. He is left on shore, is seized by one of the natives, and carried to a farmer’s house. His reception, with several accidents that happened there. A description of the inhabitants.
Crime and Punishment
Part 6, Chapter 8
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov visits Sonya's home to pick up his cross, before heading to the police station to confess his crimes.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Preface
by William Wells Brown
Preface to the work.
Seven O’Clock Stories
“Eleventh Night: Mother Hen and Robber Hawk”
by Robert Gordon Anderson
The children watch the growth of baby chicks until a hawk comes to prey on them. The Toyman shoots the hawk and buries him next to the dead crow as a warning to evil-doers.
Florida Trails
Chapter XVI: “One Road to Palm Beach”
by Winthrop Packard
The narrator describes the musk-melons that can be found to the west of the Indian River. He goes on to describe the day he was taken on a road that led to Palm Beach and his experiences there.
Tales of the Jazz Age
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Chapter 10
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Story of Siegfried
Adventure 14: “How Gunther Outwitted Brunhild”
by James Baldwin
Gunther outwits Brunhild.
The Age of Innocence
Part 1, Chapter 10
by Edith Wharton
Newland and May's discussion of their engagement leaves Newland questioning his future wife's ability to think for herself.
David Copperfield
Chapter 63: A VIsitor
by Charles Dickens
Mr. Peggotty pays a visit to David and Agnes.
Winesburg, Ohio
Drink, concerning Tom Foster
by Sherwood Anderson
An intoxicated Tom Foster has a conversation with George Willard.
The Marble Faun
Chapter XXVII: “Myths”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Donatello tells Kenyon that he has the gift of talking to animals and tries to communcate with the creatures of nature.
Winesburg, Ohio
Hands, concerning Wing Biddlebaum
by Sherwood Anderson
The story of Wing Biddlebaum, a man with few friends who experienced a horrible ordeal earlier in his life.
Civil Rights and Conflict in the United States: Selected Speeches
The Struggle for Human Rights, Paris, France, September 28, 1948
by Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt discusses the importance human rights.
A Florida Sketch-Book
Chapter 3: “On the Beach at Daytona”
by Bradford Torrey
The narrator describes his stay on Daytona Beach and what he saw there — from birds to plays to scenery.
The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms or Lost in the Wilds of Florida
Chapter 14: Under the Palms
by Laura Lee Hope
Shooting commences on The Magnolia.
The Invisible Man
Chapter 25
by H.G. Wells
Measures are taken to ensure The Invisible Man does not escape. A plan is put into action. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
Moby Dick
Chapter 1: Loomings
by Herman Melville
Ishmael explains his decision to go to sea.
David Copperfield
Chapter 37: A Little Cold Water
by Charles Dickens
David tells Dora about his current financial situation, causing Dora to become visibly upset.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 23: Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne's defense of her honor ends in injury. The new teacher arrives.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 16: “Morgan Le Fay”
by Mark Twain
They reach a large castle and meet a knight who is depressed because he couldn’t convince anyone in the castle to take soap. They meet Morgan Le Fay. She sends the Yankee to the dungeon for complimenting King Arthur, her brother whom she hates. When Sandy reminds the court who the Yankee is, Morgan Le Fay passes it off as a joke.
On Vaccination Against Smallpox
"Further Observations on the Variola Vaccinae, or Cow-Pox, 1799"
by Edward Anthony Jenner
The author describes the symptoms that have appeared in and on the cows and how he treated them.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapter 10
by Stephen Crane
Henry is questioned about the nature of his wound as he walks with an injured soldier. Henry quickly departs the disoriented man's company as he continues to regret his cowardice.