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Opening Statement To The House Judiciary Committee
by Barbara Jordan Proceedings On The Impeachment Of Richard Nixon Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague Mr. Rangel in thanking you for giving the junior members of this committee the…The Fundamental Principle of a Republic
by Anna Howard Shaw Shaw delivered this speech during the 1915 New York State equal suffrage campaign at a fully packed City Opera House in Ogdenburg on the evening of June 21. The…Walt Whitman: Prayer of Columbus
Prayer of ColumbusA batter'd, wreck'd old man, Thrown on this savage shore, far, far from home, Pent by the sea and dark rebellious brows, twelve dreary months, Sore, stiff with many toils,…Khandogya-Upanishad: First Prapathaka, Eleventh Khanda
Eleventh Khanda 1. Then the sacrificer said to him: “I should like to know who you are, Sir.” He replied: “I am Ushasti Kakrayana.” 2. He said: “I looked for you, Sir, for all these…Aitareya-Aranyaka: Second Aranyaka, Third Adhyâya, First Khanda
Third AdhyâyaFirst Khanda1. He who knows himself as the fivefold hymn (uktha), the emblem of Prâna (breath), from whence all this springs, he is clever. These five are the earth, air, ether,…Tao Te Ching: Chapter 71
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge Chapter 70 Chapter 72 Chapter 71 1 To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do…Of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
by Lewis Carroll The Pool of TearsThe Rabbit Sends in a Little BillA Caucus-Race and a Long Tale They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank-the birds with draggled…Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad: First Adhyâya, Third Brahmana
Third BrahmanaI. There were two kinds of descendants of Pragâpati, the Devas and the Asuras. Now the Devas were indeed the younger, the Asuras the elder ones. The Devas, who were struggling…Kaushitaki-Upanishad: First Adhyâya
First Adhyâya 1. Kitra Gangyayani, forsooth, wishing to perform a sacrifice, chose Aruni (Uddalaka, to be his chief priest). But Aruni sent his son, Svetaketu, and said: “Perform the…The sickness declares the infection and malignity thereof by spots
The sickness declares the infection and malignity thereof by spotsIngeniumque Malum, Numeroso Stigmate, Fassus Pellitur ad Pectus, Morbique Suburbia, MorbusMeditationJohn Donne WE say that…