16/07/2024
Short Poetry Collection 040
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 040: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]
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Short Poetry Collection 047
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 047: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]
16/07/2024
Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2
John Clare (1793 – 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England’s greatest nature poet. He rose to fame when his ‘Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery’ was published in 1820. His language preserves many local dialect words in a mixture of classical forms and heart-felt love of country life and nature. This volume comprises fifteen of his bird poems. (Summary by David Barnes). [chương_files]
16/07/2024
Short Poetry Collection 036
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 036: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]
16/07/2024
Eugenics and Other Evils
Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them “The persuasive and even coercive powers of the citizen should enable him to make sure that the burden of longevity in the previous generation does not become disproportionate and intolerable, especially to the females”; say this to them and they will sway slightly to and fro like babies sent to sleep in cradles. Say to them “Murder your mother,” and they sit up quite suddenly. Yet the two sentences, in cold logic, are exactly the same.” [chương_files]
16/07/2024
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 02
LibriVox readers present the second collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 15 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres – tragedy, comedy, romance, &c – that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. (Summary by Shurtagal) [chương_files]
16/07/2024
Has a Frog a Soul?
Thomas Huxley, known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his championing and development of Darwinism, was perhaps the most important Victorian biologist after Darwin himself. This speech to the Metaphysical Society in 1870 is one of Huxley’s best known texts outside the sphere of his specialism, and remains read today by students of philosophy. In it, Huxley argues from the results of vivisection to metaphysics. [chương_files]
16/07/2024
Short Poetry Collection 044
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 044: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]
16/07/2024
Short Poetry Collection 045
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 045: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]