The Ballot Box and The Peoples Sober Thought
A collage of prose and verse from a 19th century paper includes poems on The Ballot Box and The Peoples sober thought, reflections on death, morality, and civic virtue, plus short anecdotes and notices. The extract mixes political exhortation with literary meditations on duty, perseverance, genius, and fortune.
The Invisible Burden of Genius and Fatigue
An excerpt arguing that society undervalues the writer's toil and struggle. It contrasts public admiration for finished works with the hidden endurance, hunger, fatigue, and despondency endured by creators. The passage laments the lack of sympathy for the solitary labor behind genius and poetic achievement.
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Earth
Christ
Otchard
Ora
Rik
Marietta
Africa
Kingum
Rae
Palmer
Ocean Bear
Mies
Martin Iwineeen
Genine
Vane
Avery Flower
Han
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Jefferson
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Mon Nello
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New York
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Jaren Burr
Montpelier
J. P. Phompeon
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