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Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers

by Rufus R. Dawes

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The Vietnam Reader: The Definitive Collection of Fiction and Nonfiction on the War

by Stewart O'Nan (欧宝娱乐 Author)

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The Squad: and the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins

by T. Ryle Dwyer

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Robert鈥檚 Quotes

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: humor

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“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
― Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

tags: paraphrased

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“Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.”
― John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton

tags: moral-law, philosophy

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
― Horace Walpole

tags: comedy, emotions, life, perspective, thinking, tragedy

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STA Readers' Forum — 14 members — last activity Aug 20, 2012 02:04PM
St. Albans faculty, student, and alumni reading seminar.

STA Summer Book Club — 16 members — last activity Jun 07, 2010 10:29AM
Get off your butt and read.

St. Albans Military History Reading Group — 8 members — last activity Apr 13, 2020 09:29AM
With all of us quarantined at home, we figured we'd start a St. Albans military history reading group. Check the "general" discussion tab below for re ...more

Great War (1914-1918): The Society and Culture of the First World War — 480 members — last activity Dec 06, 2021 05:06AM
A place to discuss the cultural milieu of the Great War (also referred to as the First World War, World War I, WWI, World War One). The intent of this ...more

The History Book Club — 24988 members — last activity 8 hours, 55 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

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