Psychology

A Magician Among the Spirits

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Harry Houdini


Houdini, an escape artist and illusionist, became interested later in his life in debunking spiritualists, disbelieving anyone who claimed t…

The Characters Of Theophrastus

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Theophrastus


Theophrastus ( c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic School. He wrote on many to…

Crime, Its Causes and Remedies

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Cesare Lombroso


Published as the third volume in the Modern Criminal Science Series, Cesare Lombroso, renowned Italian criminologist, collected a wealth of …

Brain and Personality, or the Physical Relations of the Brain to the Mind

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William Hanna Thomson


One of the earlier works on brain science, relating what was then known or conjectured about the connection between the physical brain and t…

Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters

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Henry Addington Bruce


The author describes popular ghost occurrences from a skeptical point of view, providing explanations based on recent scientific research (e…

The Omnipotent Self

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Paul Bousfield


“Nature has granted to all to be happy if we but knew how to use her gifts.”—Claudius. Often we feel "down" or "low", wi…

The Destination Of Man

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Johann Gottlieb Fichte


Johanne Fichte published The Destination of Man (Die Bestimmung des Menschen) in 1799. It was translated into English in 1846 by Jane Sinnet…

Deer Godchild

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Marguerite Bernard and Marguerite Bernardandedith Serrell


A young New-Yorker of twelve heard an appeal for the Fatherless Children of France and his heart was touched. He had no money, but he resolv…

Army Mental Tests

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Robert Mearns Yerkes and Clarence Stone Yoakum


Prepared in cooperation with the staff of the surgeon general's office as a source of information and printed materials concerning psycholog…

The Wish

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Abraham Cowley


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Wish by Abraham Cowley. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 24, 2013. Ab…

Juggernaut: A Veiled Record

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George Eggleston


Edgar Braine was consistently successful at all he set out to accomplish. He went through life with goals and worked diligently and with eth…

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