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On April 30, 1819, the Raleigh Register (N.C.) published the following document, said to have been adopted by the Committee of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on May 20, 1775, the day after the receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington. The similarity of some of its phrases (here italicized) to phrases in the Declaration of Independence raised questions as to plagiarism on Jefferson's part, or, as to the authenticity of the Mecklenburg document. It is clear that Jefferson never heard of it before 1819; and the explanation most commonly adopted is, that it is a compilation, based in part on general recollections of certain resolutions, still extant, which were drawn up by the committee of Mecklenburg on May 31, 1775...

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This excerpt contains the first ten sections of Pascal's most famous work in philosophy, Pensees, a collection of his thoughts on human suffering and faith in God. ..

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The celebrated French epic, The Song of Roland, is an elaboration of a minor historical incident and a glorification of the ideals of medieval French nobility. Charlemagne leaves Roland and his men behind to defend the pass from the Saracens. His men are greatly outnumbered, and Roland refuses to call for help by sounding the horn Charlemagne gave him until it is too late. ..

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Deirdre of the Sorrows was unfinished at the time of Synge's death. William Butler Yeats and Synge's wife, actress Molly Allgood, finished the play and presented it in 1910 at the Abbey Theatre. The play is based on an ancient Irish myth about the fulfillment of a prediction that Deirdre would become the most beautiful woman in Ulster and would bring death and great sorrow...

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The Tinker's Wedding, a comedy by John Millington Synge, was published in 1904 but, because of objections from the Catholic Church, was not performed until after his death. The story focuses on Michael (a tinker) and the trouble he encounters when he wants to get married...