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Other Men's Minds, by Edwin Davies
Seven thousand choice extracts on history, science, philosophy, religion etc. selected from the standard authorship of ancient and modern times, and classified in alphabetical order.<br><br>"I love to lose myself in other men's minds." - Lamb (Summary by Title Page)
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I will DPL this.
Projected total recording length: 1 day, 22 hours

The most I can find about the author is here.

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Sections:
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  2. Aches - The Result of Disease → (3570 words)
  3. Adversity - The Use of → (3570 words)
  4. Agriculture - The Foundation of Manufactures → (3570 words)
  5. America - The Future of → (2856 words)
  6. Animals - Cruelty to → (4284 words)
  7. Arbitration - The Advantage of → (3570 words)
  8. Asylum - A Description of an → (3570 words)
  9. Authority - Man in → (2856 words)
  10. Bashfulness - Defined → (3570 words)
  11. Bell - The Curfew → (3570 words)
  12. Birds - The Beauty and Song of → (4284 words)
  13. Boldness - is ever Blind → (3570 words)
  14. Brook - The Flowing → (3570 words)
  15. Carbonic-Acid - The Diffusion of → (3570 words)
  16. Charing-Cross - The History of → (3570 words)
  17. Christ - The Birth of → (3570 words)
  18. Citizens - The Ignorance of → (3570 words)
  19. Commander - A Brave → (2856 words)
  20. Conscience - An Address to → (4284 words)
  21. Convinction - Defined → (3570 words)
  22. Cowslips - An Address to → (3570 words)
  23. Daffodills - The Advent of the → (4284 words)
  24. Debate - The Rupert of → (2856 words)
  25. Dependence - The Bitterness of → (3570 words)
  26. Discontent - Difficult to be Avoided → (3570 words)
  27. Dove - The → (2856 words)
  28. Earth - Beauty of the → (4284 words)
  29. Earl - The Title of → (4284 words)
  30. Enjoyment - The Best → (2856 words)
  31. Events - Coming → (3570 words)
  32. Experiments - Familiar → (3570 words)
  33. Fallacies - The Currency of → (3570 words)
  34. February - The Month of → (3570 words)
  35. Flute - The → (3570 words)
  36. Fountain - The Beauty of a → (3570 words)
  37. Frost - The Beautiful Effects of → (3570 words)
  38. Genteel - Talking and Thinking of being → (3570 words)
  39. Glutton - The Defence of a → (2856 words)
  40. Good - The Acquisition of → (4284 words)
  41. Grave - Admission for All in the → (3570 words)
  42. H. - An Enigma upon the Letter → (3570 words)
  43. Haste - Counsel against → (2142 words)
  44. Heaven → (4284 words)
  45. Home - a Blissful Resort → (4284 words)
  46. Household - A Traitor to the → (3570 words)
  47. Identity - Defined → (3570 words)
  48. Inattention - Habits of → (3570 words)
  49. Inheritance - Defined → (3570 words)
  50. Intelligence and Courtesy → (2856 words)
  51. Jest - A Friend Lost for a → (4284 words)
  52. King - The Abdication of a → (2856 words)
  53. Labour - The Advantage of → (3570 words)
  54. Law - Blame in Breaking → (4284 words)
  55. Library - An Addition to a → (4284 words)
  56. Light - An Address to the → (2856 words)
  57. Longevity - Laughter Conducive to → (4998 words)
  58. Love and Envy → (2142 words)
  59. Majority - The Voice of the → (3570 words)
  60. Mandrakes - A Curious Legend about → (3570 words)
  61. Mathematics - The Study of → (2856 words)
  62. Men - but Children → (4998 words)
  63. Minister - The Meanness of the → (2856 words)
  64. Modesty - The Charm of → (3570 words)
  65. Morn - The Dawn of the → (3570 words)
  66. Mourn - Blessed are they that → (3570 words)
  67. Narrow-Mindedness - Religious → (3570 words)
  68. Necromancy - The Art of → (3570 words)
  69. Non-Intervention - Defined → (3570 words)
  70. Obscurity - The Desire for → (3570 words)
  71. Orphan - The Condition of an → (3570 words)
  72. Passport - An Excellent → (3570 words)
  73. Pen - Dread of the → (3570 words)
  74. Picnic - A Delightful → (2856 words)
  75. Poet - The Business of a → (4284 words)
  76. Practice - an Art → (2142 words)
  77. Preacher - The Defects of a → (4284 words)
  78. Print - One's Name in → (4284 words)
  79. Prudence - Enjoined → (3570 words)
  80. R. - The Sound of the → (3570 words)
  81. Recollection - A Vague, yet Gorgeous → (3570 words)
  82. Rent - Praise the Payment of → (3570 words)
  83. Retrospection - Truths learned from → (3570 words)
  84. Robbers - The Fate of → (3570 words)
  85. Sadness - A Soul Incapable of → (3570 words)
  86. School - The Common → (4284 words)
  87. Sea-Gull - The → (2856 words)
  88. Sense - Common → (3570 words)
  89. Ship - Becalmed → (3570 words)
  90. Singing - The Art of → (2856 words)
  91. Snow - Death in the → (4284 words)
  92. Soul - An Address to the → (2856 words)
  93. Spring - An Address to → (4284 words)
  94. Study - Helps to → (3570 words)
  95. Superstition - The Errors of → (3570 words)
  96. Talk - Advantages Derived from → (3570 words)
  97. Telescope and the Microscope, The → (3570 words)
  98. Time - The Chariot Wheels of → (3570 words)
  99. Traveller - A Lonely → (4284 words)
  100. Umbrellas - The History of → (2856 words)
  101. Ventilation - Absolutely Necessary → (3570 words)
  102. Wager - The Definition of a → (2856 words)
  103. Water - The Action of → (3570 words)
  104. Wife - Advice to a → (4284 words)
  105. Witch - Herbs Supposed to give Power to the → (3570 words)
  106. Work - Accomplished by Apostles and Prophets → (3570 words)
  107. Young - The Advantages of Dying → (2856 words)
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I'll MC, but can't set it up until later (3 hours? Or maybe tomorrow).

For my reference, this might be him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Davies_(publisher)
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TriciaG wrote: February 12th, 2024, 4:22 pm I'll MC, but can't set it up until later (3 hours? Or maybe tomorrow).

For my reference, this might be him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Davies_(publisher)

Thankyou!

I don't think it can be because publishing in 1854 would be too early. He married in 1880. As far as I can tell, his big schtick was publishing many books of quotations and not much else.
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Well, pooh - and I was so proud of myself for digging up that page! :lol:

MW is up.
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America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
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TriciaG wrote: February 12th, 2024, 7:05 pm Well, pooh - and I was so proud of myself for digging up that page! :lol:

MW is up.
And we are ready for claims!
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Post by Beeswaxcandle »

So many interesting topics makes for a hard choice. However, I'll bid for sections 3, 16, 61, & 90
"Just because you can doesn't mean you should"—my first law of life.
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Beeswaxcandle wrote: February 12th, 2024, 7:42 pm So many interesting topics makes for a hard choice. However, I'll bid for sections 3, 16, 61, & 90
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I'll pick up section 43 to move this along.
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"Just because you can doesn't mean you should"—my first law of life.
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Section 3 PL Notes:
Your voice is just right for these. I enjoyed the content immensely. I'm not sure why this seems an unpopular project...
  • 00:00 (Ending at about 6 minutes) There was some background hum on the recording. It might be the result of something in the background like an air conditioner or a fan and the easiest way to fix it is to switch it off or point the microphone away from the source. Another solution you can apply is noise reduction. This will reduce the hiss after recording but it does degrade the quality of the audio. Be gentle on the amount (I'd say a maximum of 6dB reduction but less is better) - many people overdo it.
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"Just because you can doesn't mean you should"—my first law of life.
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Section 16 is PL OK!
  • 05:54 Note (no change needed): Background noise
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Post by RedCorsair »

BC,

I'd like to read section 105!

Thanks,

-RC
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