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All Things Considered

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Essay/Short nonfiction
Chapter: 12 | Listen: 4

Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of this day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. These reprinted magazine articles are filled with his good natured wit, his masterful use of paradox, and devastating ability to use reductio ad absurdum to destroy the popular myths that drive a society driving full-speed into secular humanism. You will come away with a whole new collection of wonderful quotes. (Ray Clare) [chương_files]

Selection from The Temple

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 4

George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Throughout his life he wrote religious poems characterized by a precision of language, a metrical versatility, and an ingenious use of imagery or conceits that was favored by the metaphysical school of poets. He is best remembered as a writer of poems and hymns such as “Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life” and “The King of Love My Shepherd Is.” (Summary from Wikipedia) [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 040

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 2

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 040: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

Few Figs from Thistles

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Poetry, Single Author
Chapter: 23 | Listen: 5

A collection of 23 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay. [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 047

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 2

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 047: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2

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Poetry
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 3

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]

Short Poetry Collection 036

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 3

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 036: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

Eugenics and Other Evils

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction, Science
Chapter: 17 | Listen: 2

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]

Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 02

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Poetry
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 6

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]

Has a Frog a Soul?

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, Nature, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology
Chapter: 1 | Listen: 1

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]