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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064 by Various

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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 t...

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Episodes

A Mystery of Crowds 04.11.2024
A Modest Proposal 04.11.2024
William Kilburn (1745-1818) and Copyright for Artists' Original Designs 04.11.2024
Have Faith in Coolidge! 04.11.2024
The Woman Thou Gavest Me 04.11.2024
What to Avoid in Cycling 04.11.2024
An Essay in the Art of Writing 04.11.2024
The Boxer Rebellion From the Standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1900) 04.11.2024
Notes On Pianos 04.11.2024
The Art of Playing 04.11.2024
On The Social Element in Religion (1799) 04.11.2024
The Failure of Speculative Philosophy 04.11.2024
A Son Of The Gods 04.11.2024
What a Woman Ought to Know in Choosing a Husband 04.11.2024
The Age of Reason: Conclusion 04.11.2024
Immortality 04.11.2024
The Road Away from Revolution 04.11.2024
Meditation (from The Familiar Letters of James Howell) 04.11.2024
Monitions on the Flight of Time 04.11.2024
Day of Infamy Speech: Given before the US Congress December 8 1941 04.11.2024

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