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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 082

"Is sin a necessary stage in the development of humanity, or a yawning chasm in the very structure of the universe?” Theologian J. Gresham Machen's exploration of "eternal ideas" is joined, in vol. 082, by readings in philosophy and psychology by Immanuel Kant, Henri Bergson, and Samuel Johnson. Insights from forestry, geography, astronomy, and zoology expand the view (Save the Redwoods; We Are Going to be Inspected; Along the Florida Coast; The Red Fox; and The World as Known to the Ancients). Human resiliency, inventiveness and heroism are exemplified in A Heroine of the Black Hole; The Great Yorkshire Llama; The Terry Touch Alphabet; The Man O'War's 'Er 'Usband'; and a biography of pioneering physician Elizabeth Blackwell. James Hazen Hyde's Costume Ball showcases hubris. On a lighter note, are Robert Benchley's Bicycling the New Craze, and Call for Mr. Kenworthy; and Oscar Wilde's An American Invasion. Summary by Sue Anderson

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Along the Florida Coast (J. M. Smallheer)
An American Invasion (Sarah Rachel Walters)
Answer To The Question, What Is Enlightening? Version 2 (Craig Campbell)
Bicycling, the New Craze (1925) (Amy Dunkleberger)
Call for Mr. Kenworthy (Amy Dunkleberger)
Dreams (saoussen)
Elizabeth Blackwell (Availle)
The Great Yorkshire Llama (Michele Fry)
A Heroine of the Black Hole (Dale Grothmann)
History and Faith (InTheDesert)
James Hazen Hyde's Costume Ball (Colleen McMahon)
The Man-O'War's 'Er 'Usband (Penny Witt)
The Rambler No, 148, The Cruelty of Parental Tyranny (Tad Davis)
The Rambler No. 207, The Folly of Continuing Too Long Upon the Stage (Tad Davis)
The Red Fox (Sue Anderson)
Save the Redwoods (Michele Fry)
We Are Going to be Inspected (1905) (Michael MacTaggert)
What Means, to Orient Oneself in Thinking? (Craig Campbell)
The William Terry Touch Alphabet (for Use By the Deaf and the Deaf-and-Blind) (Rapunzelina)
The World as Known to the Ancients (Piotr Nater)
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