Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 106


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"It is a foolish thing to speak on every kind of work, for he that disputeth thy words shall put them unto proof." Proverbs of Fair Speech, by Ptah-hotep an Egyptian vizier, is one of 15 reader-chosen recordings in vol. 106. Other reflective selections are The Appearance of Good Angels; Latin School Prize Declamation; The Persecutions of Beauty; Instructions of Kegemni; The Teaching of Amen-Em-Apt; Rights of Aliens in the United States; and The Triton Fountain. Science-focused articles include The Influence of Temperature on a Mendelian Character; The Effects of Temperature Upon Growing Mice; The Northern Lights; The Oroya Railroad of Peru; and Aerial Globe Trotting, an account of the first round-the-world flight. Summary by Sue Anderson

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Aerial Globe Trotting (1924) 31:08 Read by Availle
The Appearance of Good Angels Proved by the Books of the Old Testament 3:12 Read by Public Domain Scholar
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Third Inaugural Address, January 20, 1941 9:46 Read by mkirkpat
The Influence of Temperature on the Development of a Mendelian Character (1915) 1:12:38 Read by Leon Harvey
The Instruction of Ke'gemni 2:43 Read by InTheDesert
The Instruction of Ptah-hotep 25:09 Read by InTheDesert
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961 9:58 Read by mkirkpat
Latin School Prize Declamation (May 21, 1859) 6:42 Read by Mark Harrington
The Northern Lights (1880) 10:13 Read by KatDC
The Oroya Railroad of Peru, Highest of All Railroads (1902) 7:18 Read by Alister
The Persecutions of Beauty 19:24 Read by Public Domain Scholar
Rights of Aliens in the United States from 1919 to 1942 22:40 Read by Sue Anderson
Some Effects of Temperature Upon Growing Mice, and the Persistence of Such Effects in a Subsequent Generation (1911) 15:09 Read by Leon Harvey
The Teaching of Amen-Em-Apt, Son of Ka-Nekht 35:56 Read by InTheDesert
The Triton Fountain in Rome 5:51 Read by Julie Anne Thompson