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"Most of all I remember the loneliness.
More than once I cried. I felt so sad, so utterly alone."

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Irving Stolet took off from his home in Chicago in October 1936, heading south to Florida with a school friend. -- Irving, 16, would be gone for two years, six months of which he spent on the road. -- Before he reached Georgia, Irving and his friend were separated, as they ran to catch a freight. Traveling on alone, Irving rode into a night of terror in the Deep South.

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First performed in 1824, the Ninth Symphony has become one of the most recognized and influential pieces of music of all time. Harvard professor Thomas Kelly investigates its impact, development and historical perspective through dialogue and demonstration. The three hours of video content for this site has been edited into 10 "movements" listed to the left, summarizing the over 16 hours of original content from the Alumni College.

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The 9 Lives of Beethoven's Ninth

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Notes that bind

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Beethoven's Ninth : A Political History

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Recordings of Beethoven's Ninth are numerous. Here's a sampler

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Beethoven pictures

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I'm trying to buy them all, little by little

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Famous Beethoven fan

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http://www.zeroland.co.nz/classical_conductors.html

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Bread and Miracles.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_20_117/ai_63635865

When we began, 15 or 20 homeless people showed up. These days, however, the hall fills with people, from infants to older adults, Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American and Native American -- the streets of our cities are very democratic. And we eat together, church and community. But the greater miracle is the lives of the people who have joined the gathering: The schizophrenic woman trying to stay safe and on her meds says that this night gets her to the next Thursday night because here she feels beloved and treasured. Wayne, an older man, lived behind the Pizza Hut and kept warm in an electric blanket the manager let him hook up on cold nights. A young girl who lives in a cheap motel with her mother comes every year for her birthday meal. "Tree," a huge lumberjack of a man with a bushy black beard and bandanna gives thanks for "the head dude," the unseen provider for the meal.

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