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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 106

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"It is a foolish thing to speak on every kind of work, for he that disputeth thy words shall put them unto proof." Proverbs of Fair Speech, by Ptah-hotep an Egyptian vizier, is one of 15 reader-chosen recordings in vol. 106. Other reflective selections are The Appearance of Good Angels; Latin School Prize Declamation; The Persecutions of Beauty; Instructions of Kegemni; The Teaching of Amen-Em-Apt; Rights of Aliens in the United States; and The Triton Fountain. Science-focused articles include The Influence of Temperature on a Mendelian Character; The Effects of Temperature Upon Growing Mice; The Northern Lights; The Oroya Railroad of Peru; and Aerial Globe Trotting, an account of the first round-the-world flight. Summary by Sue Anderson (4 hr 37 min)

Chapters

Aerial Globe Trotting (1924)

31:08

Read by Availle

The Appearance of Good Angels Proved by the Books of the Old Testament

3:12

Read by Public Domain Scholar

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Third Inaugural Address, January 20, 1941

9:46

Read by mkirkpat

The Influence of Temperature on the Development of a Mendelian Character (1915)

1:12:38

Read by Leon Harvey

The Instruction of Ke'gemni

2:43

Read by InTheDesert

The Instruction of Ptah-hotep

25:09

Read by InTheDesert

John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961

9:58

Read by mkirkpat

Latin School Prize Declamation (May 21, 1859)

6:42

Read by Mark Harrington

The Northern Lights (1880)

10:13

Read by KatDC

The Oroya Railroad of Peru, Highest of All Railroads (1902)

7:18

Read by Alister

The Persecutions of Beauty

19:24

Read by Public Domain Scholar

Rights of Aliens in the United States from 1919 to 1942

22:40

Read by Sue Anderson

Some Effects of Temperature Upon Growing Mice, and the Persistence of Such Effe…

15:09

Read by Leon Harvey

The Teaching of Amen-Em-Apt, Son of Ka-Nekht

35:56

Read by InTheDesert

The Triton Fountain in Rome

5:51

Read by Julie Anne Thompson