Philosophy
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005
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Various
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection we…
The Journey of Life
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William Cullen Bryant
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Journey of Life by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December…
Marius the Epicurean, Volume 1
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Walter Pater
Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel written by Walter Pater, published in 1885. In it Pater displays, with fullness and elaboratio…
A General View of Positivism
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Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…
The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation
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James Barr Walker
The book is a series of independent demonstrations, the results of which accumulate to the final conclusion, that the Christian religion is …
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08
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The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 author…
Life's Enthusiasms
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David Starr Jordan
The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and r…
Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls
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Helen Ekin Starrett
Helen Ekin Starrett, journalist, mother of two daughters, grandmother of seven granddaughters and teacher to many young girls at the Starret…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023
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Various
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…
Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur
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Omar Khayyám
In 1906, Eben Francis Thompson,scholar and poet, published a limited edition of his translation of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This editi…
Mother Nature (Dickinson)
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Emily Dickinson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Mother Nature by Emily Dickinson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 3, 2013Whil…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014
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Various
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independentl…
Soul Food
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George Douglas Watson
A guide for Christians to walk a godly life. Covering various practical and spiritual topics.This project was proof listened by Guero and La…
Echoes of Love’s House
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William Morris
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Echoes of Love’s House by William Morris. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 9th,…
Human Sacrifice
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John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
This was one of Lord Acton's essays, that was in response to the publication of the letters between Sir Robert Peel and Lord Macaulay. Lord…
The Journal of John Woolman
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John Woolman
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his y…
Mardi Vol. 2
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Herman Melville
Mardi is Melville's first purely fictional work. In it he contemplates man's beliefs, and questions whether or not one faith has value over …
The Privilege of Pain
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Caroline Kane Mills Everett
We have seen that as mankind rises in the scale of civilization the body becomes increasingly less important. Nevertheless, I wish it to be …
The Brilliant Proof (Burhäne Lämé) in reply to an attack upon the Bahai Revelat…
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Mírzá Abu’L-Fadl Gulpáygání
“In these days,” writes the renowned Bahá’í scholar, Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl, “which are the latter days of 1911, A. D.…