1621 | Oxford

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c. 30 BC | Lombardy

Work Ethic

Virgil on the relentless efforts of early man.More

Color portrait of German theologian and reformer Martin Luther.

British philosopher, logician, and social critic Bertrand Russell.

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Martin Luther & Bertrand Russell

Color painting early Chinese philosopher Mengzi.

Black and white photograph of a young John Ruskin wearing a suit.

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Mencius & John Ruskin

Portrait of Philip Dormer Stanhope wearing a blue sash.

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Philip Dormer Stanhope & Louis C.K.

Voices In Time

1906 | Chicago

Upton Sinclair Tours the Factory

A behind-the-scenes look at meatpacking.More

Voices In Time

c. 1965 | Nigeria

Waste Not, Want Not

The cosmic consequences of overeating.More

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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

Famous career changes.

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1862 | Russia

New Men and Old

Ivan Turgenev explores the generation gap.More

Voices In Time

1909 | Atlantic Ocean

Question and Answer

Gandhi on taking India back to nature.More

Lapham’s Quarterly

1621 | Oxford

The Devil’s Tools

c. 30 BC | Lombardy

Work Ethic

Martin Luther & Bertrand Russell

Mencius & John Ruskin

Philip Dormer Stanhope & Louis C.K.

1906 | Chicago

Upton Sinclair Tours the Factory

c. 1965 | Nigeria

Waste Not, Want Not

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

1862 | Russia

New Men and Old

1909 | Atlantic Ocean

Question and Answer

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1621 | Oxford

c. 30 BC | Lombardy

1906 | Chicago

c. 1965 | Nigeria

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