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Voices In Time

1536 | Basel

Justice Is Not Blind

“God is the judge; he puts down one, and sets up another.”More

Voices In Time

1969 | Oakland

Feed the Children

The radical power of breakfast.More

Voices In Time

1905 | New York City

It Takes a Village

What is a woman of leisure to do with herself?More

Voices In Time

1889 | Pittsburgh

Preaching the Gospel

Andrew Carnegie spends your money. More

Voices In Time

c. 1250 | France

Overhead Costs

“The clergy is assured salvation and the knights will go to damnation.”More

Voices In Time

1545 | Florence

Getting Satisfaction

Benvenuto Cellini gets what he wants. More

Voices In Time

1914 | Paris

Out in the Cold

Henri Barbusse and the unfortunates.More

Voices In Time

1954 | Washington, D.C.

Exemption Rules

The IRS lays down the law. More

Voices In Time

1825 | Georgia

Good Neighbors

The chiefs of the Creek nation surrender the country of their forefathers.More

Voices In Time

c. 197 | Carthage

Articles of Incorporation

In the public service of God. More

Voices In Time

1860 | London

Call of Duty

Florence Nightingale on what a nurse should be. More

Voices In Time

c. 1870 | London

Foundress of Nothing

George Eliot wonders how a Saint Teresa is made. More

Voices In Time

2010 | Seattle

Give It Up

Bill Gates makes a play for Robert Wilson’s money.More

Voices In Time

c. 1150 | Nottinghamshire

Making Them Pay

To catch a Robin Hood. More

Voices In Time

44 BC | Rome

Bread Is Better Than Circus

Give lavishly and generously. More

Voices In Time

1922 | New York City

The Cruelty of Kindness

Margaret Sanger on the harsh realities of motherhood. More

Voices In Time

1755 | London

Don’t Patronize Me

Samuel Johnson flatters with an agenda. More

Voices In Time

1906 | Chicago

Edifice Complex

There’s no such thing as a free library.More

Voices In Time

1601 | London

The Jewel in the Crown

No one is more caring than Elizabeth I.More

Voices In Time

c. 60 | Rome

Benefits Plan

“Where other men give cups, you give cities.”More

Voices In Time

1757 | Paris

Intentional Fallacy

“Generally it is found to be easier to found new establishments than to reform the old.”More

Voices In Time

1841 | Concord, MA

Withholding the Wicked Dollar

Ralph Waldo Emerson doesn’t care what people think of him.More

Voices In Time

c. 30 | Judea

Through the Eye of a Needle

Packing light for the afterlife.More

Voices In Time

1929 | Chicago

Proof Is in the Pudding

Be a Nesselrode, not a Yale. More

Voices In Time

1596 | Venice

Mightier Than the Scepter

What is the quality of mercy?More

Voices In Time

1883 | New York City

Visitation Rites

Suggestions to friendly visitors among the poor.More

Voices In Time

316 | Japan

Preeminent Domain

When heaven establishes a prince, it is for the sake of the people.More

Voices In Time

2010 | New York City

Tools of the Trade

Sam Lipsyte on askers and givers. More

Voices In Time

1796 | London

Prix Fixe

How to make a very cheap soup.More

Voices In Time

1908 | Washington, D.C.

Saving the Forest for the Trees

Theodore Roosevelt wonders what’s in a name. More

Voices In Time

c. 330 BC | Athens

The Bigger Man

Can a poor man be a great one?More

Voices In Time

1916 | Trobriand Islands

Rating the Exchange

Bronislaw Malinowski watches and learns. More

Voices In Time

1178 | Cairo

The Ladder of Charity

The eight degrees of charity. More

Voices In Time

1862 | Falmouth, VA

All-Nighter

Walt Whitman tends to the wounded the best he can.More

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