The Privilege of Pain
Caroline Kane Mills Everett
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
We have seen that as mankind rises in the scale of civilization the body becomes increasingly less important. Nevertheless, I wish it to be clearly understood, that I do not maintain that it is preferable to be ill than well, but only that each state has its own peculiar privileges, which are rarely interchangeable.
Health and sickness are merely different roads to achievement. The earth requires rain as well as sunshine; we need both tears and laughter; navvies are necessary and so are philosophers.
The book details how people from many professions who had some or other physical disability or pain reached their goals. The introduction is by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
- Summary by Stav Nisser and the conclusion of the book. (2 hr 10 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 6:28 | Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
Health And Strength | 5:05 | Read by Kassie Yang |
Soldiers and a Sailor | 7:49 | Read by Kassie Yang |
Ill-Health and its Relation to Genius | 6:13 | Read by Kassie Yang |
Among the Poets | 14:17 | Read by Jim Locke |
Novelists | 10:21 | Read by Jim Locke |
Physical Perfection and its Relation to Civilization | 8:25 | Read by John |
The Physically Handicapped Philosophers | 9:48 | Read by Linda Johnson |
Astronomers and Mathematicians | 3:03 | Read by John |
Statesmen and Politicians | 5:53 | Read by John |
The Freedom of Ill-Health | 4:16 | Read by Phil Schempf |
Artists; Musicians | 4:16 | Read by Nichalia Schwartz |
Three Physicians, a Naturalist and a Chemist; Inventors | 3:36 | Read by Linda Johnson |
Historians and Men of Letters | 15:52 | Read by Linda Johnson |
Protestant Reformers | 3:37 | Read by Brian James |
The Saints | 9:55 | Read by John |
Pain, the Great Teacher; Conclusion | 11:07 | Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
Reviews
Fixed
librivoxbooks
Fixed the keyword, before I even saw your review. The coordinator of this project is blind, and sometimes typos occur due to her voice-to-text program. Thanks for your patience.
none fiction?
westovem
how about 'non fiction'. Thank you.