Harvard Classics: Essays

JONATHAN SWIFT WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY I. WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY? II. SITE OF A UNIVERSITY III. UNIVERSITY LIFE AT ATHENS JOHN HENRY NEWMAN THE STUDY OF POETRY MATTHEW ARNOLD SESAME AND LILIES LECTURE I—SESAME: OF KINGS' TREASURIES LECTURE II—LILIES: OF QUEENS' GARDENS JOHN RUSKIN JOHN MILTON WALTER BAGEHOT SCIENCE AND CULTURE THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY RACE AND LANGUAGE EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE SAMUEL PEPYS ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ON THE ELEVATION OF THE LABORING CLASSES WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING THE POETIC PRINCIPLE EDGAR ALLAN POE WALKING HENRY DAVID THOREAU ABRAHAM LINCOLN DEMOCRACY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL