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Introduction Opening Passage: 3 May. Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P. M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have...

I have two music-wake alarms, just to make sure. The first and primary one is my iPod; the second happens to be a country music station, pri...

Liv Kristine, "Streets of Philadelphia". A Springsteen song, of course.

Letter to Francis Austen (1809) by Jane Austen My dearest Frank, I wish you Joy Of Mary’s safety with a Boy, Whose birth ha...

Two interestings posts on utilitarianism recently: Blame Utilitarianism! at "Crooked Timber" and Utilitarianism as "moral Es...

Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boug...

Of the more comic episodes of X Minus One , the one that probably stands out most is "Skulking Permit". Robert Sheckley's sat...