[PDR] Lucian's Trips to the Moon

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LUCIAN'S TRIPS TO THE MOON

*With his /Vera Historia/, the 2nd century satirist Lucian of Samosata 
wrote the first detailed account of a trip to the moon in the Western 
tradition and, some argue, also one of the earliest science fiction 
narratives. Aaron Parrett explores how Lucian used this lunar vantage 
point to take a satirical look back at the philosophers of Earth and 
their ideas of "truth". *
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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/06/26/lucians-trips-to-the-moon/>

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    A MIDSUMMER SCHOTTISCHE

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Traditional music for the midsummer “Schottische” dance, known as 
“Schottis” in Scandinavia where this score is thought to have originated 
from. The dance is considered by The Oxford Companion to Music to be a 
kind of slower polka, with continental-European origin (possibly Bohemia).

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/06/21/a-midsummer-schottische/>

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        PERVERSION FOR PROFIT (1965)

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A 1965 propaganda film financed by Charles Keating and narrated by news 
reporter George Putnam. A vehement diatribe against pornography, the 
film argues that sexually explicit materials corrupt young viewers and 
readers, leading to acts of violence and “perverted” attitudes regarding 
sex – including inclination toward homosexuality.Read More » 
<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/06/19/perversion-for-profit-1965/>

    THE CORSET X-RAYS OF DR LUDOVIC O'FOLLOWELL (1908)

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X-Ray images of women wearing corsets from the second volume of the 
French doctor Ludovic O’Followell’s Le Corset (1908). Although Dr 
O’Followell was clearly keen to show the damaging impact of corsets on 
women’s health, he did not actually want the corset to be abolished, but 
was simply trying to encourage a less severe design. Read More » 
<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/06/18/the-corset-x-rays-of-dr-ludovic-ofollowell-1908/>

    THE BLOSSOMS OF MORALITY (1806)

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As the subtitle proclaims, this book originally published in the late 
18th century is “intended for the amusement and instruction of young 
ladies and gentlemen”. The introduction is presumably one into the moral 
ridden world of adults.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/06/13/the-blossoms-of-morality-1806/>

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