A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, religion, science and humor. Included in this collection are the «Oath of Hippocrates» and «The Funeral Oration of Pericles» along with Patrick Henry's «The Call to Arms,» and Jack London's eyewitness account of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. On the lighter side, we have Jerome K. Jerome's «Should Women Be Beautiful,» a short address by Mark Twain to The Author's Club in NYC, and the anonymous «Miseries,» a lighthearted lament on subjects such as the difficulties of eating a peach gracefully in public and finding a suitable length of twine when you need one. In this collection you will also find «A Free Man's Worship» by Bertram Russell, «Obstacle-Cause» from «Sophisms of the Protectionists» by Frédéric Bastiat, and an essay by T. H. Huxley on the science of palaeontology. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)
Length
2 hours 44 minutes
Series
Short Nonfiction Collections
Summary
Series Short Nonfiction Collections
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 002
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 003
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 007
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 008
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 010
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 017
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 018
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 019
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 020
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 025
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 026
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 027
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 030
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 031
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 035
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 039
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 043
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 046
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 048
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 049
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 050
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 056
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 057
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 058
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 060
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 061
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 063
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 065
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