Introductory Note: Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Egmont (Act I, Scene I), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Introductory Note: William Harvey

On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, by William Harvey

Introductory Note: Jean Jacques Rousseau

Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Introductory Note: Christopher Marlowe

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe

Introductory Note: Walt Whitman

Preface to Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman

Introductory Note: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Building of the Ship, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights

The Thousand and One Nights (The Barber’s Fifth Brother)

Introductory Note: Thomas Moore

Poems, by Thomas Moore

Introductory Note: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

The Education of The Human Race, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Introductory Note: King Lear by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of King Lear (Act I, Scene I), by William Shakespeare