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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,…

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…

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…