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Congratulations! The card you received contains 8 of Shakespeare’s Tragedies, encoded in March, 2023. This file contains about 200,000 words.

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Congratulations! The card you received contains an audio recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In this powerful call for racial equality, justice, and civil rights in America he expressed hope for a nation where freedom, justice, and brotherhood would prevail.

Congratulations! The card you received contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes collection, which includes four novels and fifty-six short stories and introduces one of the most iconic fictional detectives in literature.

Congratulations! The card you received contains an audio recording of a rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven's “Moonlight Sonata”, officially entitled “Sonata quasi una fantasia,” Piano Sonata No. 14,Op.27, No. 2.It is one of the most famous and evocative works in the classical piano repertoire. Composed in 1801, the piece is renowned for its haunting beauty that creates an almost dreamlike atmosphere.

Congratulations! The card you received contains both the 1818 novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” and 1910 film adaptation “Frankenstein”. Mary Shelley’s novel delves into the ethics of creation, the isolation of both creator and creation, and the search for love and acceptance, raising profound questions about humanity, responsibility, and the limits of scientific exploration. The film, directed by J. Searle Dawley, is one of the earliest cinematic adaptations of this book.

Congratulations! The card you received contains a collection of works by individuals such as Charles Darwin, Leonhard Euler and Albert Einstein.  This collection contains iconic published works which are foundational to science and mathematics as we know them. Among those included are “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies” by Albert Einstein and “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin.

Congratulations! The card you received contains a collection of foundational historical documents from the United States including the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights.