Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006

by Various

15 chapters3h 37mEnglish0

About this book

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)

Chapters (15)

1Address to the People of Illinois on Tariff or Taxation, March 4, 1843

232

2All is not Gold that Glitters

266

3The Awful German Language

2873

4The Causes for which a President Can Be Impeached; Atlantic Monthly, 1867

956

5Crimes of Carnegie

267

6Dedication and Preface to Palgrave's Golden Treasury

748

7The Different Degrees of Enjoyment Presented by the Contemplation of Nature

351

8Last Honors to Emerson

462

9The Materialist Basis of Education

210

10The Ninety-Five Theses

1055

11On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery

1563

12The Progress of Medical Science; 1860

220

13Ruth Bought by New York Americans

556

14The Story of An Eyewitness

1095

15Winter Sunshine

2192

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006

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Chapters (15)

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