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Insomnia Collection Vol. 004

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Excerpt from Abstract of the Massachusetts School Returns for 1838-39

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented will lull the busy mind to a state of sweet sleep.Introduction by Cori Samuel

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Listen next episodes of Insomnia Collection Vol. 004:
A Short List of Scientific Books, Part 1 , A Short List of Scientific Books, Part 2 , An Irish Musical Genius, The Inventor of the Musical Glasses , Chapters 1, 2, and 4 of Every Man His Own University , Chapters 1 - 3 of Catechism of Familiar Things , Chapters 1 and 2 of the Toronto Cookbook , Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of The Library Assistant's Manual , Chapters 2 and 8 of Aspects of Modern Oxford , Copyright Law of the United States, Preface, Sections 101-102 , Disinfection and Disinfectants , Excerpt from Chapter 4: Names and Sentences of the ''First Fleeters'' from ''Convict Life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land'' , Excerpt from Chromosome 21 , Excerpt from ''Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Ethnologic and Achaeologic Collections Made by the Bureau of Ethnology During the Year 1881'' , Lecture 1 of The Meaning of Relativity , Portion of entry ''Copper'' , Rules of the Road at Sea (Portion) , Selected Patterns from ''The Art of Bobbin Lace'' , Selections from ''Culpeper's Complete Herbal'' , W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, April 1859