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<title><![CDATA[Librivox: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004 by Various]]></title>
<link>http://librivox.org/librivox-nonfiction-collection-vol-004/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, conservation, philosophy, politics, religion and cooking. Included in this collection are Thomas Jefferson's first Inaugural Address, "Secession" by Alexander H. Stephens, "Of Truth" and the preface to "The New Organon, or True Directions Concerning the Interpretation of Nature" by Francis Bacon, John Donne's last sermon delivered in March 1631, "On Old Age" by Cicero, a chapter from "The Fight for Conservation" by Gifford Pinchot, The Sacredness of Work" by Thomas Carlyle and an essay "On the Unjust Causes of War" by Hugo Grotius.  On the lighter side, try selections from "Cocoa and Chocolate Recipes" by Miss Parloa and a 1912 article from Scientific American on the amazing escapes of Harry Houdini.  (summary by J. M. Smallheer) ]]></description>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[ A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, conservation, philosophy, politics, religion and cooking. Included in this collection are Thomas Jefferson's first Inaugural Address, "Secession" by Alexander H. Stephens, "Of Truth" and the preface to "The New Organon, or True Directions Concerning the Interpretation of Nature" by Francis Bacon, John Donne's last sermon delivered in March 1631, "On Old Age" by Cicero, a chapter from "The Fight for Conservation" by Gifford Pinchot, The Sacredness of Work" by Thomas Carlyle and an essay "On the Unjust Causes of War" by Hugo Grotius.  On the lighter side, try selections from "Cocoa and Chocolate Recipes" by Miss Parloa and a 1912 article from Scientific American on the amazing escapes of Harry Houdini.  (summary by J. M. Smallheer) ]]></itunes:summary>
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<title><![CDATA[01 "Author's Preface to The New Organon, or True Directions Concerning the Interpret" by Bacon, Francis]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>11:40</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:11 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[02 "Death's Duel" by Donne, John]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>57:58</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:10 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[03 "Handcuff Releases Under Difficulties - The Feats of Harry Houdini" by Scientific American; July 20, 1912]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>5:45</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:09 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[04 "Moral Issue, The  from the Fight for Conservation" by Pinchot, Gifford]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>16:42</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:08 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[05 "Of Truth" by Bacon, Francis]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>5:20</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:07 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[06 "On Old Age" by Cicero]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>72:59</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:06 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[07 "On the Unjust Causes of War" by Grotius, Hugo; translated by Campbell, A. C.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:05 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[08 "Sacredness of Work, The" by Carlyle, Thomas]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>3:52</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:04 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[09 "Secession" by Stephens, Alexander H.]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>12:27</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:03 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10 "Selections from "Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes"" by Miss Parloa]]></title>
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<itunes:duration>19:37</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:02 -0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[11 "Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address - March 4, 1801" by Jefferson, Thomas]]></title>
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