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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 002

A collection of ten 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, religion, science and humor. Included in this collection are the "Oath of Hippocrates" and "The Funeral Oration of Pericles" along with Patrick Henry's "The Call to Arms," and Jack London's eyewitness account of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. On the lighter side, we have Jerome K. Jerome's "Should Women Be Beautiful," a short address by Mark Twain to The Author's Club in NYC, and the anonymous "Miseries," a lighthearted lament on subjects such as the difficulties of eating a peach gracefully in public and finding a suitable length of twine when you need one. In this collection you will also find "A Free Man's Worship" by Bertrand Russell, "Obstacle-Cause" from "Sophisms of the Protectionists" by Frédéric Bastiat, and an essay by T. H. Huxley on the science of palaeontology. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Year of Publication: Genres: Essays & Short Works , *Non-fiction

Running Time: 2 hours 44 minutes 14 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Call to Arms Robert Scott	11:18
2	A Free Man's Worship ML Cohen	23:53
3	Funeral Oration of Pericles, from The History of the Peloponnesian War ML Cohen	20:33
4	Miseries Nos. 1-4 from Autumn Leaves, edited by Anne Wales Abbot Bryan Ness	25:01
5	The Oath and Law of Hippocrates, Charles Eliot, Editor Leon Mire	7:29
6	Obstacle–Cause from Sophisms of the Protectionists Robert Scott	12:09
7	Our Children and Great Discoveries Robert Scott	4:12
8	The Rise and Progress of Palaeontology J. M. Smallheer	31:51
9	Should Women Be Beautiful? Peter Yearsley	12:38
10	The Story of an Eye Witness Lee Ann Howlett	15:10