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On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

An argument about freedom asks when social pressure or state power can legitimately constrain a person. Distinguish disagreement from a reason to restrict...

freedomargumentsociety
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On Picket Duty, and Other Tales

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Short stories, American
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On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

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Science
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On the Choice of Books

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881; Shepherd, Richard Herne, 1842-1895 [Author of introduction, etc.]

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Books and reading -- Great Britain
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On the eve: A novel

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883; Garnett, Constance, 1861-1946 [Translator]

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Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
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On the Significance of Science and Art

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928 [Translator]

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PhilosophyLiteratureArt and science
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On the Study of Zoology

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

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Science
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One Day At Arle

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
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Oration on Voltaire

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Moritzen, Julius, 1863-1946; Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1888-1951 [Editor]; Parton, James, 1822-1891 [Translator]

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Voltaire, 1694-1778
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