CONTENTS
The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli
Translated BY N. H. Thomson
I. Of the Various Kinds of Princedom, and of the Ways In Which They Are Acquired 7
II. Of Hereditary Princedoms 7
III. Of Mixed Princedoms 8
IV. Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not, on Alexander’s Death, Rebel Against His Successors 16
V. How Cities or Provinces Which Before Their Acquisition Have Lived Under Their Own Laws Are To Be Governed 18
VI. Of New Princedoms Which a Prince Acquires With His Own Arms and by Merit 20
VII. Of New Princedoms Acquired By the Aid of Others and By Good Fortune 23
VIII. Of Those Who By Their Crimes Come to Be Princes 30
IX. Of the Civil Princedom 34
X. How the Strength of All Princedoms Should Be Measured 37
XI. Of Ecclesiastical Princedoms 39
XII. How Many Different Kinds of Soldiers There Are, and of Mercenaries 42
XIII. Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and National Arms 47
XIV. Of the Duty of a Prince In Respect of Military Affairs 50
XV. Of the Qualities In Respect of Which Men, and Most of all Princes, Are Praised or Blamed 53
XVI. Of Liberality and Miserliness 54
XVII. Of Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better To Be Loved or Feared 56
XVIII. How Princes Should Keep Faith 59
XIX. That a Prince Should Seek to Escape Contempt and Hatred 62
XX. Whether Fortresses, and Certain Other Expedients to Which Princes Often Have Recourse, are Profitable or Hurtful 71
XXI. How a Prince Should Bear Himself So As to Acquire Reputation 75
XXII. Of the Secretaries of Princes 79
XXIII. That Flatterers Should Be Shunned 80
XXIV. Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States 82
XXV. What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs, and How She May Be Withstood 83
XXVI. An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians 86
The Life of Sir Thomas More - William Roper 93
Utopia - Sir Thomas More 143
Translated By Ralph Robinson
The Ninety-five Theses Martin Luther 265
Translated By R. S. Grignon
Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate - Martin Luther 276
Translated By C. A. Buchheim
Concerning Christian Liberty - Martin Luther 353
Translated By R. S. Grignon

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