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