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Phantom Rising, by Emily Brontë

1842 | Brussels Phantom Rising Emily Brontë How do I love on summer nights to sit within this Norman door, Whose somber portal hides the…

The Death of New York City

The spreading urban cancer of soulless affluenza: coming soon to a city near you. 

Ambrose Bierce: A Few Definitions

Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion. Backbite, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can’t find…

The Pearl of Lao Tzu

A tale of ancient philosophers, murder-for-hire, and an elaborate hoax. 

Francis Bacon: The Sirens or Pleasure

THE FABLE of the Sirens is truly applied to the pernicious allurements of pleasure; but in a very poor and vulgar sense. For I find the…

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