Ebb and Flow

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Ebb and Flow by George William Curtis.

This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 5, 2026.

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George William Curtis was an American writer, reformer, public speaker, and political activist. In 1862 George William Curtis delivered his "Doctrine of Liberty" address to Phi Beta Kappa society at Harvard, on behalf of President Abraham Lincoln, who was encouraging support for the Emancipation Proclamation. In it, he laid out the intellectual foundations for the purpose of American education that would last another 30 years, and public schools, nearly 100 years. - Summary by Wikipedia