Remember when bread-making was in vogue two years ago? It was like everybody was bracing themselves for grocery stores to be wiped off the face of the earth and we would all be back to homestead living. Well, the White House was apparently-bracing for said calamity all the way back in the 1850s! Can you say, “conspiracy?”

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The White House Cook Book by Mrs. F.L. Gillette & Hugo Ziemann (1887)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/spider-bread/16853/

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Thinking of breaking out of prison from death row for a crime you didn’t commit? Have your friends thought up a plan of escape and have everything taken care for you to live a life of happy exile? If that friend that visits you in prison is Socrates, he will probably convince you that you deserve to die. Find a better friend.

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Crito by Plato translated by BENJAMIN JOWETT (circa 1890)

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Have you ever been talking with a friend, ended your conversation, and then realized they never mentioned a rather noticeable chunk of food stuck in between your teeth? Don’t worry! Plutarch says that’s completely normal. Your enemies are a lot more observant and will be sure to also wait for the opportune time to mention that your fly is open as well.

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Plutarch’s Morals by Plutarch translated by Arthur Richard Shilleto, M.A. (1898)

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Plutarch/The-Moralia

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Getting out-orated by a 70-year old? Socrates comes out with gusto! This episode comes at a time when the definition of wisdom is being mishandled by a bunch of Sophists. And I say that with a “Oh, bless your heart” sincerity.

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The Apology Of Socrates translated by Henry Cary M.A (c. 1850)

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/apologia

https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/apology/summary/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Socrates/The-charge-of-impiety

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sophist-philosophy

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If you were captivated by The Odyssey, then look no further to get your fix of the OG that started it all… Also, who knew Diomed (Tydides) sounded like such a nerd?

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The Iliad of Homer translated by Alexander Pope (1899)

https://www2.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/homer/index.php?page=sounds

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Ever get kidnapped by Calypso preventing you from going home from war, so your son thinks you’re dead and your wife is now “on the market” again to inherit your fortune by a bunch of sloppy, grubby, old men? Not fun. But, hey. At least you can pronounce a bunch of super obscure words and name your kid Penelope one day.

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The Odyssey written by Homer (translated by Samuel Butler) (1897)

http://badreviewsofgoodbooks.blogspot.com/2012/02/homer-odyssey-iii.html

https://home.ubalt.edu/ntygfit/ai_01_pursuing_fame/ai_01_tell/iliad_characters_.htm

https://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/GA/FranklinCounty/FranklinCountyHigh/Uploads/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Odyssey%20Pronounciation%20Guide.pdf

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Biographical dictionaries are pernicious ways the authors of said dictionary get you to read their roasts of people long dead who have no way of defending themselves. They’ll tear apart Philip Bailey (dead in 1902), but Rudyard Kipling they’ll leave alone because (at the time of that writing) he’s still alive!

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A Short Biographical Dictionary Of English Literature (1910)

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Your existence, subsistence, no joke, essence can be rightly clarified and confirmed with a simple 8-termed word exploration! Do you exist or inexist? You can’t be too certain unless you have a handy-dandy thesaurus with you!

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Roget’s Thesaurus Of English Words And Phrases (1911)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thesaurus

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Have you ever spoken a joke aloud and NOBODY laughed at it? And then you have to go through the dutiful task of explaining it? So awkward! Well, this is a delightfully written satirical almanac from 1906 where home remedies and wives’ tales collide with some fantastic puns and humorous witticisms.

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The Foolish Almanac (1906) by John W. Luce & Company

https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-an-almanac-definition-history-quiz.html#lesson

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/almanac

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timothy

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/blackjack

https://www.worldhistory.org/Romulus_and_Remus/

https://daily.wordreference.com/2016/12/21/intermediate-word-of-the-day-trim/

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56962/venus-and-adonis-56d239f8f109c

https://www.npr.org/2012/03/02/147810046/decoding-the-allure-of-the-almanac

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Dubbed “a more boring Google” by one millennial, tune in to see what all the rage was about owning 29 volumes of an Encyclopedia Britannica in your home!

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Encyclopedia Brittanica 11th Edition (1911)

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