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This short story of horror by William Hope Hodgson involves a crew at sea who encounter a hungry monster from the ocean's depths. Note: The 4k version of this video exceeded Rumble's file size requirements. You can find the 4k version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Du7SMu37zLI - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO A Tropical Horror by William Hope Hodgson published in The Grand Magazine, page 844-850 by George Newnes Ltd, 1905 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/william-hope-hodgson/a-tropical-horror/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/william-hope-hodgson/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this Victorian period poem by Mortimer Collins, he ponders what is taking place in the dreams of his wife and in the mind of his dog. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO Midnight Speculations by Mortimer Collins published in Selections from the Poetical Works of Mortimer Collins, page 54-55 by London: Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington St., 1886 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/mortimer-collins/midnight-speculations/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/mortimer-collins/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this 1963 speech to the United Nations by Haile Selassie, he calls for nuclear disarmament and the end to racism and slavery among the world's nations, specifically highlighting countries in Africa and the civil rights movement in the United States. This speech gained fame as parts of it were turned into lyrics for the 1976 song, "War," by Bob Marley. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO Address to the United Nations by Halie Selassie delivered to the United Nations General Assembly on October 4, 1963 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/halie-selassie/address-to-the-united-nations/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/halie-selassie/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this Medieval period poem, John Donne goes head to head with death itself. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Death Be Not Proud by John Donne published in Poems by John Donne, Volume 1, page 326 by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1912 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/john-donne/death-be-not-proud/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/john-donne/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this article from Popular Science Monthly, Samuel Jackson Holmes explores the role of sex in the evolution of different animals and man. DISCLAIMER: Samuel Jackson Holmes was a proponent of eugenics. We do not believe those concepts hold any weight and don't condone such reprehensible nonsense. The horrors people endured due to eugenics was abominable and such things can not ever be tolerated in human society. As such, we do not vouch for the character nor support the ideas of Mr. Holmes and chose to include some of his writing—that does not directly speak of eugenics—to show what some of the prevailing theories were in the late Victorian and early Modern periods, especially those that were printed in widely-distributed scientific periodicals. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO The Role of Sex in the Evolution of Mind by Samuel Jackson Holmes published in Popular Science Monthly, Volume 85, page 200 by New York: The Science Press, 1914 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/samuel-jackson-holmes/the-role-of-sex-in-the-evolution-of-mind/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/samuel-jackson-holmes/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this war poem by G. K. Chesterton, we get a sense of the heartache and destruction brought by war, both from the speaker and those she addresses. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO The Wife of Flanders by G. K. Chesterton published in Poems Of The Great War, page 23-24 by London: Chatto & Windus, 1914 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/g-k-chesterton/the-wife-of-flanders/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/g-k-chesterton/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

William Safire, presidential speech writer, wrote the following memo to White House Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman, suggesting how the administration should respond if the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon. It contained the rough draft of a speech intended to be read by President Richard Nixon if disaster befell the astronauts. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO In Event of Moon Disaster by William Safire written July 18, 1969 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/william-safire/in-event-of-moon-disaster/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/william-safire/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

A World War I poem by Wilfred Owen about love and war. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Greater Love by Wilfred Owen published in Poems By Wilfred Owen, page 3 by London: Chatto & Windus, 1920 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/wilfred-owen/greater-love/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/wilfred-owen/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

The first inaugural address by George Washington, delivered on April 30, 1789 in New York City. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO First Inaugural Address by George Washington published in The Ideals of the Republic, page 89-98 by New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/george-washington/first-inaugural-address-washington/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/george-washington/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

An amazing piece of poetry in which the speaker addresses the ocean. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO With Husky Haughty Lips, O Sea! by Walt Whitman published March, 1884 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume LXVIII, page 607 by New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1884 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/walt-whitman/with-husky-haughty-lips-o-sea/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/walt-whitman/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

A clever, humorous fable written by Mark Twain in which a house cat describes a painting that his master created to the animals of the forest. The animals cast doubt upon the cat's grandiose claims and set out to prove for themselves if the painting is all it's cracked up to be. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO A Fable by Mark Twain published in The Broadway Journal, Vol. 2, No. 9, page 135 by New York: John Bisco, September 6, 1845 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/samuel-langhorne-clemens-mark-twain/a-fable/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/samuel-langhorne-clemens-mark-twain/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

A Victorian period poem by Oscar Wilde about immortality. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Athanasia by Oscar Wilde published in Poems By Oscar Wilde, page 86-88 by London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1878 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/oscar-wilde/athanasia/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/oscar-wilde/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

This historical article by August Vogel was published in Popular Science Monthly in 1883. In it, he explores the science behind what creates the various colors we see in flowers. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO The Color Of Flowers by August Vogel published in Popular Science Monthly Volume 23, page 837-840 by New York: D. Appleton and Company, October 1883 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/august-vogel/the-color-of-flowers/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/august-vogel/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this poem by James Bernard Fagan, the speaker prays for England's victory in battle. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO The Hour by James Bernard Fagan published in Poems of the Great War, page 21-22 by London: Chatto & Windus, 1914 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/james-bernard-fagan/the-hour/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/james-bernard-fagan/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this satirical piece by Mark Twain, Adam laments about Eve's interactions with a brontosaurus. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO The Brontosaurus by Mark Twain published in Eve's Diary, page 73 by New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1906 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/samuel-langhorne-clemens-mark-twain/the-brontosaurus/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/samuel-langhorne-clemens-mark-twain/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this Victorian period poem, Alfred, Lord Tennyson expresses his admiration for Queen Victoria. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO To the Queen by Alfred Lord Tennyson published in The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, page 1 by London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1897 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/alfred-lord-tennyson/to-the-queen/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/alfred-lord-tennyson/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this telegram from 1950, senator Joseph McCarthy urges the president to aid him in rooting out suspected communists in the U. S. State Department. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO Telegram to President Truman by Joseph R. McCarthy written February 11, 1950 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/joseph-r-mccarthy/telegram-to-president-truman/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/joseph-r-mccarthy/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

This was one of the last poems written by Madison Cawein, in which the speaker describes a wretched place which may be partially created in their mind. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO Waste Land by Madison Julius Cawein published in Poetry, A Magazine of Verse by Chicago: Harriet Monroe, January 1913 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/madison-julius-cawein/waste-land/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/madison-julius-cawein/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this pre-Islamic, Arabian poem, the author tells of his life and his lost loves. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO The Poem of Imru' al-Qais by Imru' al-Qais translated by F. E. Johnson published in The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, page 19-26 by New York: Parke, Austin, And Lipscomb, Inc., 1917 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/imru-al-qais/the-poem-of-imru-al-qais/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/imru-al-qais/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this short story by H. P. Lovecraft, we find a frantic main character retelling the tale of being stranded in a strange land after escaping German naval forces in the Pacific Ocean. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO Dagon by H. P. Lovecraft published in The Vagrant, Issue #11, November 1919 published later in Weird Tales, Volume 2, #3, October 1923 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/h-p-lovecraft/dagon/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/h-p-lovecraft/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

This Victorian period speech by Frederick Douglass highlights the importance of the freedom of speech for not only those whom are speaking, but for those whom are listening. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO A Plea For Freedom of Speech in Boston by Frederick Douglass published in Douglass' Monthly, Vol. III, No. VIII, January 1861 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/frederick-douglass/a-plea-for-freedom-of-speech-in-boston/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/frederick-douglass/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

This Medieval period poem by Abraham Ibn Ezra describes the war of the minds over a chessboard as if they are two kingdoms clashing on the battlefield. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO The Song of Chess by Abraham Ibn Ezra published in Songs of Exile By Hebrew Poets, page 127-131 by London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1901 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/abraham-ibn-ezra/the-song-of-chess/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/abraham-ibn-ezra/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

This historical article by Ernest Hemingway is about a newsboy who moonlights as a boxer. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO Kerensky, The Fighting Flea by Ernest Hemingway published December 16, 1917 in The Kansas City Star Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/ernest-hemingway/kerensky-the-fighting-flea/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/ernest-hemingway/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this World War I poem by Wilfred Owen, he describes the capture of a German soldier, with vivid descriptions of the chaotic environment. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO The Sentry by Wilfred Owen published posthumously in Poems by Wilfred Owen, page 16 by London: Chatto & Windus, 1920; New York Viking Press, 1921 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/wilfred-owen/the-sentry/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/wilfred-owen/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this fascinating letter to the editor of the New York Times—by inventor extraordinaire and godfather of modern technology, Nikola Tesla—the great scientist explains how, using his technology, we could send signals to and from other planets such as Mars. He also explains why all of the proposed methods from other scientists are either logistically impractical or impossible. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO How to Signal to Mars by Nikola Tesla published in The New York Times, May 23, 1909 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/nikola-tesla/how-to-signal-to-mars/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/nikola-tesla/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!