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Black and white photograph of Friedrich Nietzsche with a huge mustache.

American lawyer Clarence Darrow.

Crimes & Punishments

Friedrich Nietzsche & Clarence Darrow

Sculpture bust of Greek dramatist Euripides.

Rivalry & Feud

Euripides & Eliza Haywood

Color portrait of German theologian and reformer Martin Luther.

British philosopher, logician, and social critic Bertrand Russell.

Lines of Work

Martin Luther & Bertrand Russell

Statue of the Persian poet Ferdowsi.

Character from the television series The Wire.

Politics

Ferdowsi & Ed Burns and William Zorzi

Painting of Benjamin Franklin reading a batch of papers next to a classical bust.

Color image of English novelist Charlotte Brontë with book in hand.

The Sea

Benjamin Franklin & Charlotte Brontë

Color painting early Chinese philosopher Mengzi.

Black and white photograph of a young John Ruskin wearing a suit.

Lines of Work

Mencius & John Ruskin

Black and white image of Greek biographer and writer Plutarch.

Henry David Thoreau

Animals

Plutarch & Henry David Thoreau

Color portrait of English essayist, dramatist, and journalist Richard Steele.

Black and white photograph of social reformer and pacifist Jane Addams.

Youth

Richard Steele & Jane Addams

black and white pencil drawing of Moliere in an ornate frame

Black and white photograph of French novelist, essayist, and playwright Albert Camus.

Eros

Molière & Albert Camus

Black and white photograph of Emily Dickinson sitting next to a desk.

E.C. Krupp

States of Mind

Emily Dickinson & E.C. Krupp

Photograph of German literary critic Walter Benjamin.

Missing contributor image silhouette

Arts & Letters

Walter Benjamin & Andy Warhol

Sepia image of a stern-looking older man with heavy side whiskers

Migration

Charles Gunter & Free State Project

Missing contributor image silhouette

Oil painting portrair Michel de Montaigne in red robes and white collar

Medicine

Mimnermus & Montaigne

Painting of William Wordsworth.

Black and white photograph of American revolutionary writer and activist John Reed.

Revolutions

William Wordsworth & John Reed

Jewish philosopher, jurist, and physician Moses Maimonides.

Energy

Moses Maimonides & Frances Willard