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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064

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Number of Chapters: 20

Length: 05 hours and 21 minutes

Language: English

Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Eucken's "The Failure of Speculative Philosophy," is one of several essays devoted to timeless questions. Others are by James Howell on man, nature and the universe, Samuel Johnson on procrastination and the flight of time, Schleiemacher on the social element in religion, Ambrose Bierce on immortality, and Thomas Paine and Jonathan Swift with their famous essays, "The Age of Reason" (1794-1795) and "A Modest Proposal" (1729).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor "Day of Infamy" speech is one of various commentaries on war, politics and the polity. Others are Bierce's moving description of a solitary Civil War hero, Woodrow Wilson speaking to capitalism's spiritual crisis, Rev. Jee Gam presenting a Chinese Christian's thoughts on the Boxer Rebellion, and a partisan, Eugene Weeks, eulogizing Calvin Coolidge.

Intuitive self-direction is the theme of Lafcadio Hearn's essay "A Mystery of Crowds." Other selections that touch on personal development are Robert Louis Stevenson on literary style, Gelett Burgess on creativity and the art of play, Brann on the relative worth of the sexes, and Mary Wood-Allen on what a woman should know in picking a husband. For the musically inclined, Lawton Mackall has an amusing look at pianos, while sports enthusiasts will enjoy Benjamin Richardson's treatise on what to avoid in cycling. Artists should be interested in the biography of designer William Kilburn, who, in the late 1700s, was the first artist to seek copyright for his original textile designs. Summary by Sue Anderson

William Tudor Jones translated "The Failure of Speculative Philosophy."
George Ripley translated "On the Social Element in Religion."

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The Age of Reason: Conclusion (Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022))
The Art of Playing (Colleen McMahon)
The Boxer Rebellion From the Standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1900) (Some Old Bird)
Day of Infamy Speech: Given before the US Congress December 8 1941 (Larry Wilson)
An Essay in the Art of Writing (Quaker Woodworker)
The Failure of Speculative Philosophy (Craig Campbell)
Have Faith in Coolidge! (Elsie Selwyn)
Immortality (Dale Grothmann)
Meditation (from The Familiar Letters of James Howell) (Craig Campbell)
A Modest Proposal (Availle)
Monitions on the Flight of Time (Quaker Woodworker)
A Mystery of Crowds (Quaker Woodworker)
Notes On Pianos (Dale Grothmann)
On The Social Element in Religion (1799) (Craig Campbell)
The Road Away from Revolution (Larry Wilson)
A Son Of The Gods (Dale Grothmann)
What a Woman Ought to Know in Choosing a Husband (BettyB)
What to Avoid in Cycling (TriciaG)
William Kilburn (1745-1818) and Copyright for Artists' Original Designs (Sue Anderson)
The Woman Thou Gavest Me (Michele Fry)
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