Harvard Classics: Essays

JONATHAN SWIFT
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY
I. WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY?
II. SITE OF A UNIVERSITY
III. UNIVERSITY LIFE AT ATHENS
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
THE STUDY OF POETRY
MATTHEW ARNOLD
SESAME AND LILIES
LECTURE I—SESAME: OF KINGS' TREASURIES
LECTURE II—LILIES: OF QUEENS' GARDENS
JOHN RUSKIN
JOHN MILTON
WALTER BAGEHOT
SCIENCE AND CULTURE
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
RACE AND LANGUAGE
EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN
TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE
SAMUEL PEPYS
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
ON THE ELEVATION OF THE LABORING CLASSES
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
THE POETIC PRINCIPLE
EDGAR ALLAN POE
WALKING
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
DEMOCRACY
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL