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The Martyrdom of Man

The Martyrdom of Man

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Number of Chapters: 51

Length: 18 hours and 20 minutes

Language: English

William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher.

His most famous work, the Martyrdom of Man (1872)—whose summary running head reads "From Nebula to Nation"—is a secular, "universal" history of the Western world. Structurally, it is divided into four "chapters" of approximately 150 pages each: the first chapter, "War", discusses the imprisonment of men's bodies, the second, "Religion", that of their minds, the third, "Liberty", is the closest thing to a conventional European political and intellectual history, and the fourth, "Intellect", which discusses the cosmogony characteristic of a "universal history"

Cecil Rhodes, an English-born South African politician and businessman, said that the book "made me what I am". Other admirers of The Martyrdom of Man included H. G. Wells, Winston Churchill, Harry Johnston, George Orwell, Susan Isaacs, A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, and Michael Foot. A laudatory reference is made to the book by Sherlock Holmes in the Sign of the Four.
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Author's Preface (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 1 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 2 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 3 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 4 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 5 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 6 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 7 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 8 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 9 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 10 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 11 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 12 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 13 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 14 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 1 - War - Section 15 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 1 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 2 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 3 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 4 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 5 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 6 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 7 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 8 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 9 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 10 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 11 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 2 - Religion - Section 12 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 1 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 2 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 3 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 4 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 5 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 6 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 7 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 8 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 3 - Liberty - Section 9 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 1 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 2 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 3 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 4 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 5 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 6 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 7 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 8 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 9 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 10 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 11 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 12 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 13 (Algy Pug)
Chaper 4 - Intellect - Section 14 (Algy Pug)
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