Esse Quam Videri
- Length
- 12 min
- Chapters
- 10
- Language
- English
- First published
- 1934
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Esse Quam Videri by John Hay.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 17, 2026. ------
John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also a biographer of Lincoln, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout his life. - Summary by Wikipedia
Chapters
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