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Essays and Dialogues

"We would no more choose to feed the minds of our countrymen and women with the despairing utterances of the pessimist poet, than we would their bodies with hasheesh. Such melancholy as his clothed in such eloquent words may be the luxury of the idle; it is poison to those who have work to do in the world. It shuts out hope, the very spring of energy; it makes the cheerful steady pursuit of duty a thing utterly beyond human powers. For we can none of us stand alone. Either in human or divine love we must find the mainspring of all life worth living. There must be something outside of ourselves which we regard not with despair, but with hope." -- Handwritten dedication in the book, dated Feb. 19th, 1883

Year of Publication: 1882Genres: Essays & Short Works

Running Time: 07 hours 54 minutes 42 seconds(33 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Mary J, Rapunzelina, Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

#	Chapter Name
	Biographical Sketch, part 1 Mary J	26:37
	Biographical Sketch, part 2 Mary J	23:24
	History of the Human Race Jia Jia Yong	27:39
	Dialogue between Hercules and Atlas chocmuse	6:55
	Dialogue between Fashion and Death Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	6:29
	Price Competition Announced by the Academy of Sillographs Crln Yldz Ksr	10:47
	Dialogue between a Goblin and a Gnome Peter Tucker	7:46
	Dialogue between Malambruno and Farfarello Zeeshan Reshamwala	6:55
	Dialogue between Nature and a Soul Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	6:50
	Dialogue between the Earth and the Moon Availle	14:17
	The Wager of Prometheus Linda Dodge	23:24
	Dialogue between a Natural Philosopher and a Metaphysician Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	10:50
	Dialogue between Tasso and his Familiar Spirit Rapunzelina	12:59
	Dialogue between Nature and an Icelander Rapunzelina	14:34
	Parini on Glory, Chapters I-III Mary J	14:19
	Parini on Glory, Chapters IV-VI Mary J	12:32
	Parini on Glory, Chapters VII-IX Mary J	14:20
	Parini on Glory, Chapters X-XII Mary J	8:37
	Dialogue between Frederic Ruysch and his Mummies ToddHW	14:00
	Remarkable Sayings of Philip Ottonieri, Chapters I-III Peter Tucker	23:13
	Remarkable Sayings of Philip Ottonieri, Chapters IV-VII Peter Tucker	23:59
	Dialogue between Christopher Columbus and Pietro Gutierrez Zeeshan Reshamwala	11:19
	Panegyric of Birds Eric Metzler	15:03
	The Song of the Wild Cock Eric Metzler	10:31
	Dialogue between Timandro and Eleandro Rapunzelina	17:39
	Copernicus, Scene I Julia Niedermaier	8:58
	Copernicus, Scene II Mary J	1:39
	Copernicus, Scene III Rapunzelina	2:22
	Copernicus, Scene IV Mary J	9:38
	Dialogue between an Almanac Seller and a Passer-by Zeeshan Reshamwala	4:40
	Dialogue between Plotinus and Porphyrius Linda Dodge	36:56
	Comparison of the Last Words of Marcus Brutus and Theophrastus Eric Metzler	19:37
	Dialogue between Tristano and a Friend Linda Dodge	25:54