Siris

 Introduction Opening Passage: From The Wild Orchid , which is the first part of this two-volume novel: Paul was one of the last wave of pa...

 Soloviev: shame -> existence of a supernatural, spiritual aspect to human nature pity -> existence of a unity of nature or solidarity...

 If any exhortation in Christos, if any consolation of devotedness, if any spiritual communion, if any sympathies and compassions, fulfill m...

 An interesting new search engine experiment in which you put in a question, it searches a very large quantity of books (in the thousands, ...

 Cocoon Above! Cocoon Below! by Emily Dickinson Cocoon above! Cocoon below! Stealthy Cocoon, why hide you so What all the world suspect? An ...

 Ballade Of Unfortunate Mammals by Dorothy Parker Love is sharper than stones or sticks;  Lone as the sea, and deeper blue; Loud in the nigh...

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "But If Not" sermon, on Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego and the nature of civil disobedience: