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June 2024

Pliny the Younger's letter to Tacitus about the the volcanic eruption at Pompeii
Meanwhile, broad sheets of flame were lighting up many parts of Vesuvius; their light and brightness more vivid for the darkness of the night
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David Foster Wallace's legendary commencement speech - "This is Water"
The groundbreaking speech from a genius writer who left us too soon
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Vladimir Lenin's speech at the Communist International Congress in 1919
So long as the situation is such, “equality,” that is, “pure democracy,” is sheer fraud.
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Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow - Yuval Noah Harari
"The more we know, the less we can predict."
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Oscar Wilde's letter to Mary Prescott
This letter sheds light on Wilde's involvement in the production details of his first play, despite the play receiving largely negative reviews from…
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Nelson Mandela's victory speech
Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.
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Martin Scorcese's letter to the New York Times
Why Make Fellini the Scapegoat for New Cultural Intolerance?
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Che Guevara's letter to Fidel Castro
Perhaps disenchanted with Castro after the Cuban missile crisis, Che left the Cuban revolution to find other causes to fight in Congo and Bolivia. This…
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January 2022

Elvis Presley's letter to President Richard Nixon
When Elvis wanted to become a federal agent
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Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Mild success can be explainable by skills and labor. Wild success is attributable to variance"
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Leonardo Da Vinci's letter to the Mayor of Milan
The artist's letter to Ludovico Sforza(mayor of Milan) shares critical insights on how to write a good CV; also that hustle culture was alive even back…
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