(1799 - 1850) ~ French Novelist, Playwright, Realist, Writer, and Changer of the World : A French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Com?die humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

(1847 - 1902) ~ American Politician, 20th Governor of Illinois, Leading Figure of the Progressive Movement : American politician and the 20th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democrat to govern that state since the 1850s. A leading figure of the Progressive movement, Altgeld signed workplace safety and child labor laws, pardoned three of the men convicted in the Haymarket Affair, and rejected calls in 1894 to break up the Pullman strike by force. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

Early 20th-Century Journalist, Critic, and Anti-State Thinker

(1755 - 1804) ~ American Revolutionary, Statesman and Founding Father of the United States. He was an Influential Interpreter and Promoter of the U.S. Constitution, and was the Founder of the Federalist Party, the Nation's Financial System, the United States Coast Guard : An American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, and was the founder of the Federalist Party, the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

(1851 - ) ~ American Daily Newspaper Based in New York City with a Worldwide Readership : An American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership. It was founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, and was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

"Socialism and the Student," by August Bebel, Source: Wilshire's Magazine, Justice, December 1905, pp 6 & 15.

"Responsibility of Parenthood," by Margaret Sanger, Nov. 1935. Source: Margaret Sanger Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College , MSMS71:773.

"The Church, the State, and the Commune," by Mikhail Bakunin, from: Bakunin's Writings, Guy A. Aldred Modern Publishers, Indore Kraus Reprint co. New York 1947.

"Crumbling Creeds," by Robert Green Ingersoll. The Twentieth Century, N. Y., April 24, 1890.

"Among the Coal-Miners," by Margaret Blake Robinson, New York, Editor of the Herald of Light, Scanned from Missionary Review 1902, Vol. 25, pp. 835-39.