Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - *Non-fiction, Essays & Short Works

Authors: Various In Year : 0

Book Language: English

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Address to the People of Illinois on Tariff or Taxation, March 4, 1843
All is not Gold that Glitters
The Awful German Language
The Causes for which a President Can Be Impeached; Atlantic Monthly, 1867
Crimes of Carnegie
Dedication and Preface to Palgrave's Golden Treasury
The Different Degrees of Enjoyment Presented by the Contemplation of Nature
Last Honors to Emerson
The Materialist Basis of Education
The Ninety-Five Theses
On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery
The Progress of Medical Science; 1860
Ruth Bought by New York Americans
The Story of An Eyewitness
Winter Sunshine

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion. Included in this collection are speeches by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, several interesting or historic articles from Vanity Fair and the NY times, as well as writings of Eugene Debs, Alexander von Humboldt, Lena Morrow Lewis, Joseph Lister and C. M. Ellis. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)