Editor's note: After the Battle of Bull Run, Ulysses S. Grant was appointed colonel of a regiment of ...

"The Boy Who Can't" From Boy's Life, c. 1920 By F. J. P. Hey, fellows, come closer, let each of us ...

"Success and Happiness" From The Successful Man in His Manifold Relations to Life, 1886 By J. Clinton ...

"The Greatest Danger in the World" From Climbing Manward, 1924 By Frank H. Cheley Every moment that we ...

A Letter to Harrison Blake March 27, 1848 By Henry David Thoreau I do believe in simplicity. It is ...

 I love many of the classic myths and poems of ancient Greece. My favorite, though, is The Odyssey. ...

"My Daily Desire" By Thomas Dekker To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the ...

John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. The unusually large and strapping baby grew up to be an ...

"A Real Man" From A Heap o' Livin', 1916 By Edgar A. Guest Men are of two kinds, and he Was of the kind ...

"The Value of Doing" From The Woodcraft Manual for Boys, 1923 By Ernest Thompson Seton Our grandfathers ...

While Stoicism is an ancient philosophy, it’s experiencing a bit of a resurgence in our modern world. ...

While the first manned flight took place in 1903, it wouldn’t be until WWI that aeronautical advances were ...

"Finland alone, in danger of death -- superb, sublime Finland -- shows what free men can do." ...

"The Powers of a Strenuous President" From The American Magazine, 1908 By "K" I have known Mr. ...

While books like 1984 and Brave New World are getting a lot of buzz right now because of the political ...

Sometime in the late 4th or early 5th century, as the late Roman Empire stumbled along in the twilight of ...

Though one of the first Europeans to explore Tahiti, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, only stayed on the ...

From The Simple Life, 1903 By Charles Wagner When one passes in review the individual causes that disturb ...

Word count: ~10,000 Time to read: ~45 minutes  In ancient Rome, four virtues were considered the ...

Editor's note: This selection from the writings of the famous psychologist William James has been ...