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John Brown, Abolitionist, by David S. Reynolds.
John Brown, Abolitionist, by David S. Reynolds.
1858, “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.”
1858, “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.”
By the end, Frederick Douglass—who had often criticized him—was able to say that Lincoln was “emphatically the black man’s President.” And Burlingame’s survey of the life and opinions of the “mad racist” John Wilkes Booth makes it equally plain that the white supremacists felt the same way.
By the end, Frederick Douglass—who had often criticized him—was able to say that Lincoln was “emphatically the black man’s President.” And Burlingame’s survey of the life and opinions of the “mad racist” John Wilkes Booth makes it equally plain that the white supremacists felt the same way.
Abraham Lincoln: A Life, by Michael Burlingame.
Abraham Lincoln: A Life, by Michael Burlingame.
Cooper’s anti-masterpiece The Deerslayer
Cooper’s anti-masterpiece The Deerslayer
The man who addressed an after-dinner gathering of the Stomach Club, in Paris, on the subject of masturbation, and demonstrated that he had done the hard thinking about hand jobs.
The man who addressed an after-dinner gathering of the Stomach Club, in Paris, on the subject of masturbation, and demonstrated that he had done the hard thinking about hand jobs.
Ernest Hemingway’s much cited truism—to the effect that Huckleberry Finn
Ernest Hemingway’s much cited truism—to the effect that Huckleberry Finn
“The Private History of a Campaign That Failed,” a sort of brief and memoiristic precursor of The Good Soldier Schweik
“The Private History of a Campaign That Failed,” a sort of brief and memoiristic precursor of The Good Soldier Schweik
1879 Stomach Club lecture on “the Science of Onanism.”
1879 Stomach Club lecture on “the Science of Onanism.”
At the head there was a great iron wheel, about twenty feet in circumference, with rings here and there along its edge. Upon both sides of this wheel was a narrow space, into which came the hogs… [Men] had chains which they fastened about the leg of the nearest hog, and the other end of the chain they hooked into one of the rings upon the wheel. So, as the wheel turned, a hog was suddenly jerked off his feet and borne aloft. At the same instant the ear was assailed by a most terrifying shriek… And meantime another [hog] was swung up, and then another, and another, until there was a double line
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At the head there was a great iron wheel, about twenty feet in circumference, with rings here and there along its edge. Upon both sides of this wheel was a narrow space, into which came the hogs… [Men] had chains which they fastened about the leg of the nearest hog, and the other end of the chain they hooked into one of the rings upon the wheel. So, as the wheel turned, a hog was suddenly jerked off his feet and borne aloft. At the same instant the ear was assailed by a most terrifying shriek… And meantime another [hog] was swung up, and then another, and another, until there was a double line
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they were given only enough to keep them alive until their bodies wore out.
they were given only enough to keep them alive until their bodies wore out.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism, the most brilliant line of which says that it is capitalism that lays upon men “the sordid necessity of living for others.”
The Soul of Man Under Socialism, the most brilliant line of which says that it is capitalism that lays upon men “the sordid necessity of living for others.”
the workers are too dumb, and too grateful for their jobs, to consider the notions that might emancipate them.
the workers are too dumb, and too grateful for their jobs, to consider the notions that might emancipate them.
“I don’t need Bush’s tax cut! I have never worked a fucking day in my life.”
“I don’t need Bush’s tax cut! I have never worked a fucking day in my life.”
“three hundred pounds of condemned veal.”
“three hundred pounds of condemned veal.”
serious attention to the flattery and suborning of the media.
serious attention to the flattery and suborning of the media.
Kennedy’s back-brace held him upright in the open car in Dallas, unable to duck the second and devastating bullet from Lee Harvey Oswald.
Kennedy’s back-brace held him upright in the open car in Dallas, unable to duck the second and devastating bullet from Lee Harvey Oswald.
gun-moll—the property of the Mafia boss Sam Giancana—in
gun-moll—the property of the Mafia boss Sam Giancana—in
Judith Campbell Exner (Giancana’s girlfriend).
Judith Campbell Exner (Giancana’s girlfriend).
Michael Beschloss’s Crisis Years
Michael Beschloss’s Crisis Years
Robert Kennedy’s serious proposal to blow up the American consulate in the Dominican Republic, in order to supply a pretext for a U.S. invasion.
Robert Kennedy’s serious proposal to blow up the American consulate in the Dominican Republic, in order to supply a pretext for a U.S. invasion.
It is pardonable for children to yell that they believe in fairies, but it is somehow sinister when the piping note shifts from the puerile to the senile.
It is pardonable for children to yell that they believe in fairies, but it is somehow sinister when the piping note shifts from the puerile to the senile.
AZAR NAFISI’S Reading Lolita in Tehran
AZAR NAFISI’S Reading Lolita in Tehran
anti-tyrannical classics Bend Sinister and Invitation to a Beheading
anti-tyrannical classics Bend Sinister and Invitation to a Beheading
Nabokov exploded that land mine underneath me.
Nabokov exploded that land mine underneath me.
