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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 077

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) (9 hr 44 min)

Chapters

01 - Alexander Vinet and Soren Kierkegaard's Individualism

38:33

02 - Biological Methods to Control Japanese Beetles

22:09

03 - The Bittern in the Norfolk Broads

13:24

04- The Bittern in the Norfolk Broads, Further Notes

5:03

05 - The Candy Box

7:46

06 - The Dilemma of Determinism

1:14:21

07 - The Epistle to Diognetus

22:41

08 - Government by the Brewers?

31:58

09 - How Religion May be an Embodiment of Reason

19:46

10- Kierkegaard as Subjective Thinker

1:01:59

11 - Literary History of the Arabs, Ch. 1, Saba and Himyar

1:01:02

12 - Literary History of the Arabs, Ch. 2, Pagan Arabs, Part 1

49:38

13 - Literary History of the Arabs, Ch. 2, Pagan Arabs, Part 2

54:15

14 - Montenegro: The Smallest Capital in Europe (1913)

18:55

15 - My Cases of Old Sermons

23:57

16 - Negro Slavery in Wisconsin

10:26

17 - Russo-Japanese Agreement Concerning Korea (1896)

7:44

18 - Strength and Decency

7:13

19 - Ten Types of Clouds

17:30

20 - Tetzel's Theses on Indulgences

36:32