What is Man? and Other Essays

by Mark Twain

25 chapters10h 37mEnglish1906

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"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involves ideas of destiny and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old Man asserted that the human being is merely a machine, and nothing more. The Young Man objects, and asks him to go into particulars and furnish his reasons for his position. This collection of short stories covers a wide range of Twain's interests: the serious, the political and the ironically humorous. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)

1What Is Man- Sec. I

1285

2What Is Man- Sec. II

1751

3What Is Man- Sec. III

1223

4What Is Man- Sec. IV

2055

5What Is Man- Sec. V

1282

6What Is Man- Sec. VI

2625

7What Is Man- Conclusion

876

8The Death of Jean

1738

9The Turning-Point of My Life

1382

10How to Make History Dates Stick

1979

11The Memorable Assassination

1625

12A Scrap of curious History

1082

13Switzerland, the Cradle of Liberty

1562

14At The Shrine of St. Wagner

2012

15William Dean Howells

1322

16English As She Is Taught

1866

17A Simplified Alphabet

712

18As Concerns Interpreting The Diety

1056

19Concerning Tobacco

464

20The Bee

520

21Taming the Bicycle

1214

22Is Shakespeare Dead? section 1-3

2024

23Is Shakespeare Dead? section 4-7

2253

24Is Shakespeare Dead? section 8-9

2391

25Is Shakespeare Dead? section 10-13

1960

What is Man? and Other Essays

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