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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034

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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William Randolph Hearst and journalism; the philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard, John Dewey and others; General William T. Sherman's voyage to San Francisco; the metric system, and the future of the machine age. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Bjornson's "Beyond Human Power" and Kierkegaard's "What Says the Fire Marshal?" were both translated by Lee Milton Hollander
>The translators of Philemon's "The Highest Good" and Lessing's "On Love of Truth" are unknown.

(5 hr 50 min)

Chapters

Alfriston and Wilmington, Ch. 6 of Field Paths and Green Lanes

25:14

Read by Garth Burton

Bjornson's Beyond Human Power

17:02

Read by Craig Campbell

Character Sketch - William Randolph Hearst

50:39

Read by progressingamerica

Darwin Among the Machines

13:54

Read by Peter Eastman

Future of Journalism

45:18

Read by progressingamerica

Government By Journalism

1:02:27

Read by progressingamerica

Immediate Empiricism

7:39

Read by P. J. Taylor

The Issue Between Idealism and Immediate Empiricism

12:39

Read by P. J. Taylor

John Adams' Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797

16:21

Read by Tip Brown

Lord Kelvin on the Metric System

8:13

Read by Availle

On Love of Truth

3:14

Read by Craig Campbell

An Open Letter to Professor Dewey Concerning Immediate Empiricism

7:26

Read by P. J. Taylor

Philemon's The Highest Good

1:53

Read by Craig Campbell

The Postulate of Immediate Empiricism

28:05

Read by P. J. Taylor

The Unknown Soldier

5:14

Read by Joe Brenneman

A Very Short Life of Kierkegaard

14:36

Read by Craig Campbell

A Voyage to San Francisco

17:56

Read by Delmar H Dolbier

What Says the Fire Marshal?

12:23

Read by Craig Campbell