Whatever Happens, I Have Recovered Joy
From a letter of Eugène Lemercier, the French painter who fought and died in World War I.
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I Have Seen The French Soldier Fight
From a letter of Eugène Lemercier, the French painter who fought and died in World War I.
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Don’t Be Angry With My Inferiority
From a letter of Eugène Lemercier, the French painter who fought and died in World War I.
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Perhaps I Shall Succeed In Time
From a letter of Eugène Lemercier, the French painter who fought and died in World War I.
(more…)George Washington’s Orders Against The Red Indians
This is what George Washington said in a letter to Major General John Sullivan dated 31 May 1779.
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A Father’s Letter
My dear son.—Your letter of last week reached us yesterday, and I enclose $13, which is all I have by me at the present time. I may sell the other shote next week and make up the balance of what you wanted. I will probably have to wear the old buffalo overcoat to meetings again this winter, but that don’t matter so long as you are getting an education.
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How To Avoid Getting Married
Some years ago, when I was the Editor of a Correspondence Column, I used to receive heart-broken letters from young men asking for advice and sympathy.
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The Infamous “Suicide Letter” Sent By The FBI To Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1964 the FBI sent Martin Luther King Jr. a package that contained evidence of his sexual indiscretions and this letter.
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An Account Of A Horrid And Barbarous Murder
A letter sent by a gentleman to his friend in Edinburgh.
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Your Negro Neighbor
To the People of the United States of America,
Citizens and Patriots:
Our country is still in the midst of the greatest war in the history of mankind.
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Osama’s Letter To America
Osama bin Laden’s 2002 letter to America has resurfaced on TikTok, of all places, then all hell broke loose.
And since it is now heavily censored online, we have decided to publish it in full.
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Karl Marx’s Infamous Letter
Karl Marx was a racist, an anti-Semite, and a deadbeat. This is his letter to Friedrich Engels, dated 30 July 1862, the one in which he calls Lassalle a “Jewish nigger”.
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Pliny The Younger’s Ghost Letter
This letter was sent by Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Younger, to senator Lucius Licinius Sura.
(more…)Red Blood Or Blue
Dear Lou:
“This is the last letter I shall write to you, for to-morrow I begin the final stage of my transition. At four o’clock I shall become a lady. To be sure, you and I will know that I am only an imitation, but with an eighteen-carat setting every one else will take me for the real thing.
(more…)Letter On Corpulence, Addressed To The Public
This pamphlet was published in 1865 by William Banting, a formerly obese undertaker who had successfully lost weight following a carbohydrate-restricted diet.
(more…)Neacșu’s Letter (1521)
Neacșu’s letter, written in 1521 in the Cyrillic script, is the oldest surviving document available in Old Romanian.
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