Human Life

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Human Life

by Sherwood Sweet Knight

EN·~3 hours·9 chapters

Chapters

9 total

DEDICATION

0:21

CHAPTER I The Habitat of Man

21:25

CHAPTER II The Length of Time during which Man has Existed

28:40

CHAPTER III The Physical Limitations of Existence

21:49

CHAPTER IV The Purpose of Life

24:53

CHAPTER V Knowledge and Education

22:49

CHAPTER VI Religion and Ethics

39:21

CHAPTER VII Love

25:41

CHAPTER VIII Problems of the Future

23:26

Description

The narrator opens with a heartfelt dedication to the women who shaped his life, framing the work as a gift for future generations. This personal touch invites listeners into a reflective conversation that blends biography with broader inquiry.

From there, the book launches into an ambitious survey of humanity's habitat, tracing how the sun’s relentless heat, the earth’s seasons, and ancient cosmic theories have defined our existence. The author questions long‑standing ideas like the nebular hypothesis, weaving astronomy, geology, and evolutionary thought into a single narrative that reveals how our environment has steered both individual and collective achievement.

Listeners will find a clear, measured prose that balances technical detail with philosophical musings, making complex scientific concepts feel approachable. As the first act unfolds, the work promises to expand the mind’s horizon, encouraging anyone curious about where we come from and what our place in the cosmos might mean.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (200K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by eagkw, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2013-09-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Sherwood Sweet Knight

b. 1876

An early 20th-century American writer of philosophical nonfiction, remembered for books that ask big, direct questions about meaning, morality, and human life.

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