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)

Chapitres

Alfriston and Wilmington, Ch. 6 of Field Paths and Green Lanes 25:14 Lu par Garth Burton
Bjornson's Beyond Human Power 17:02 Lu par Craig Campbell
Character Sketch - William Randolph Hearst 50:39 Lu par progressingamerica
Darwin Among the Machines 13:54 Lu par Peter Eastman
Future of Journalism 45:18 Lu par progressingamerica
Government By Journalism 1:02:27 Lu par progressingamerica
Immediate Empiricism 7:39 Lu par P. J. Taylor
The Issue Between Idealism and Immediate Empiricism 12:39 Lu par P. J. Taylor
John Adams' Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797 16:21 Lu par Tip Brown
Lord Kelvin on the Metric System 8:13 Lu par Availle
On Love of Truth 3:14 Lu par Craig Campbell
An Open Letter to Professor Dewey Concerning Immediate Empiricism 7:26 Lu par P. J. Taylor
Philemon's The Highest Good 1:53 Lu par Craig Campbell
The Postulate of Immediate Empiricism 28:05 Lu par P. J. Taylor
The Unknown Soldier 5:14 Lu par Joe Brenneman
A Very Short Life of Kierkegaard 14:36 Lu par Craig Campbell
A Voyage to San Francisco 17:56 Lu par Delmar H Dolbier
What Says the Fire Marshal? 12:23 Lu par Craig Campbell