We Need Their Voices, And Yours!
Saint Francis said: “Blessed is he who loves and does not therefore desire to be loved; Blessed is he who fears and does not therefore desire to be…
We Need Their Voices Today
Helen Keller, We Need Your Voice Today!
Annie Sullivan becomes Helen's teacher Helen Keller was born in 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her father had served as a captain in the Confederate Army during the American Civil…
George Orwell, We Need Your Voice Today!
A lower-upper middle class family and education Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was the great-grandson of Charles Blair, a wealthy country gentleman,…
Bertha von Suttner: We Need Your Voice Today!
Early life and marriage Baroness Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) was born in Prague as Countess Kinsky. She was the posthumous daughter of a Field Marshall, and during the first…
Edna St. Vincent Millay: We Need Your Voice Today
The beautiful red-haired American poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), is known for her lyric poetry, but she also wrote some of the finest sonnets…
Albert Einstein, We Need Your Voice Today!
“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our ways of thinking, and thus we drift towards unparalleled catastrophes.” “I don’t know what will be used in the…
Martin Luther King, We Need Your Voice Today!
The son of a southern Baptist minister, Martin Luther King, Jr received his Ph.D. in theology from Boston University in 1955. During his studies, he had admired Thoreau’s essay “On…
Mahatma Gandhi, We Need Your Voice Today!
If humans are ever to achieve a stable global society in the future, they will have to become much more modest in their economic behavior and much more peaceful in…
Count Leo Tolstoy, We Need Your Voice Today!
Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828. While he was still a child, his parents died, and he became Count Tolstoy, with responsibility for the family estate at Yasnaya Polyana.…
Henry David Thoreau, We Need Your Voice Today!
In the distant future (and perhaps even in the not-so-distant future) industrial civilization will need to abandon its relentless pursuit of unnecessary material goods and economic growth. Modern society will…
John Stuart Mill, We Need Your Voice Today!
He was not allowed to have a childhood John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) showed his genius at an early age, and his father, the Utilitarian philosopher and political economist James Mill,…
Robert Owen, We Need Your Voice Today!
A pioneer of social reform During the early phases of the Industrial Revolution in England, the workers suffered greatly. Enormous fortunes were made by mill and mine owners, while…
Percy Bysshe Shelley: We Need Your Voice Today!
A pioneer of non-violent resistance to tyranny Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Shelley is today considered to be one of the major English-language poets. Less well known is the…
Thomas Robert Malthus, We Need Your Voice Today!
A debate between father and son T.R. Malthus' “Essay on The Principle of Population”, the first edition of which was published in 1798, was one of the the…
Marquis De Condorcet, We Need Your Voice Today
A vision of human progress In France the Marquis de Condorcet had written an equally optimistic book, “Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progres de l'Esprit Humain”. Condorcet's optimism was…
William Goldwin, We Need Your Voice Today!
Political Justice In 1793 the English novelist and philosopher William Godwin published an enormously optimistic book, “Political Justice”. As the eighteenth century neared its end, this book became the focus…
We Need Their Voices Today: Mary Wollstonecraft
The first of a new genus Mary Wollstonecraft was born in London 1n 1759. Although her family had a comfortable income during her childhood, Mary's father later lost his…
We Need Their Voices Today: Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson's Education Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was born in the British Colony of Virginia. His father, Peter Jefferson, who was a planter and surveyor, died when Thomas Jefferson was 14…
We Need Their Voices Today: Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine, defender of democracy, defender of human rights, defender of ordinary citizens against the tyranny of oligarchies, we need your voice today!
We Need Their Voices Today: William Blake
Education as an engraver and printmaker William Blake was born in 1757 in the Soho district of London. He was the third of seven children, two of whom died in…
We Need Their Voices Today: Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi was born in 1181 in the Italian hilltop town of Assisi. His father, Pietro di Bernardone, was a prosperous silk merchant, and his mother Pica de…
We Need Their Voices Today!
We are honored to serialize the new book by John Scales Avery “We Need Their Voices Today!”. We are publishing the Preface of the book today. The chapters will be…
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