In this tale from the mid-19th century, it turns out that a long-sought talisman of contentment was actually close at hand.

There’s more to Somerset Maugham’s classic fable than meets the eye.

The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus asked thought-provoking questions still relevant thousands of years later.

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