Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 077

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LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 077 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. President Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1903 speech, declared that "The future welfare of our nation depends upon the way in which we can combine...decency and strength," and opined that being "loose and foul of tongue" was incompatible with good citizenship. Personal and public morality, ethical and religious questions figure in several vol. 077 recordings: (Negro Slavery in Wisconsin, Russo-Japanese Agreement Concerning Korea, Government by the Brewers, My Cases of Old Sermons, The Dilemma of Determinism, How Religion May be an Embodiment of Reason, The Epistle to Diognetus; Tetzel's Theses on Indulgences, and two selections on Kierkegaard). Serious students of literature will relish Literary History of the Arabs. Nature and travel enthusiasts will be informed by The Bittern in the Norfolk Broads, Montenegro: The Smallest Capital in Europe, Ten Types of Clouds, and Controlling Japanese Beetles. Finally, for pure pleasure, indulge in The Candy Box! (Summary by Sue Anderson) For further information, including links to online text, reade…

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Various

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Christianity; Japan; slavery; sermon; prohibition; Reformation; beer; kierkegaard; Wisconsin; korea; candy; norfolk broads; clouds; arab; pope leo x; japanese beetle; montenegro; bittern; saba; himyar; yamagata-lobanov agreement; indulgence; tetzel; diognetus

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