

Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." The interior of this book is a facsimile reproduction...

This book is a collection of essays and writings by Francis Bacon, a prominent English philosopher, statesman, and scientist from the 16th and 17th centuries. The book includes his famous Essays, Civil and Moral, which cover a wide range of topics such as truth, death, love,...








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