Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045

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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides, Demosthenes, Euclid; William Lloyd Garrison and the National Anti-Slavery Convention; 19th and 20th century philosophers, sociologists, theologians and essayists--Bertrand Russell, Walter Rauschenbusch, Kierkegaard, N.F.S. Brundtvig, Frederik Sibbern, Hans Lassen Martensen, Oscar Wilde; science and invention--sunspots, paper making, aviation; and the shipwreck adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe. (summary by Sue Anderson) Learning to Fly by William James Jackman was co-authored by Thomas Herbert Russell [https://librivox.org/author/12234] and Octave Chanute [https://librivox.org/author/12235]. Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard by Fredrika Bremer was translated by Mary Howitt [https://librivox.org/author/2609]. The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe, by Justinus Kerner was translated by Catherine Crowe [https://librivox.org/author/12029].
Chapters
  • 01
    The Basis of Realism (1911)
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    Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
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    Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention (1833)
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    Grundtvig and Kierkegaard (1863)
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    Learning to Fly
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    Letter from Bertrand Russell (Journal of Philosophy 1915)
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    Linen Rag Paper - Recycling Old Clothes in 1825
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  • 08
    On Nature (540-450? BCE)
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    On the Nature of Sense-Data (1913)
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  • 10
    Oration in Favor of the Megalopolitans
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    The Real Robinson Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk
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  • 12
    Reading After Thirty
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    The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe
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    Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard
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    Some Explanations in Reply to Mr. Bradley
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    The Sun-Spots of August 1916
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    The Teaching of Euclid
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  • 18
    Unto Me
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