Mortals and Others

American Essays 1931-1935: Volumes I and II

By: Bertrand Russell

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Paperback | 1 May 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Between 1931 and 1935, Bertrand Russell contributed some 156 essays to the literary pages of the American newspaper New York American. These were often fun, humorous observations on the very real issues of the day, such as the Depression, the rise of Nazism and Prohibition, to more perennial themes such as love, parenthood, education and friendship.

Available for the first time in the Routledge Classics series in a single volume, this pithy, provocative and often-personal collection of essays brings together the very best of Russell’s many contributions to the New York American, and proves just as engaging for today’s readers as they were in the 1930s.

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Introduction
Preface On Jealously
Sex and Happiness
Tourists: We Lose Our Charm Away from Home
The Menace of Old Age
In Praise of Artificiality
Why May Use Lipstick
The Lessons of Experience
Hope and Fear
Are Criminals Worse than Other People?
The Advantages of Cowardice
The Decay of Meditation
Marriage
On Bring Good
Why Gets Our Savings
Children
On Politicians
Keeping Pace?
On Snobbery
Whose Admiration Do You Desire
On National Greatness
Is the World Going Mad?
Are We too Passive?
Why We Enjoy Mishaps
Does Education Do Harm?
Are Men of Science Scientific?
Flight from Reality
Illegal?
On Optimism
As Others See Us
Taking Long Views
On Mental Differences Between Boys and Girls
On the Fierceness of Vegetarians
Furniture and the Ego
Why Are We Discontented?
On Locomotion
Of Co-operation
Our Woman Haters
The Influence of Fathers
On Societies
On Being Edifying
On Sales Resistance
Should Children Be Happy?
Dangers of Feminism
On Expected Emotions
On Modern Uncertainty
On Imitating Heroes
On Vicarious Asceticism
On Labelling People
On Smiling
Do Governments Desire War?
On Corporal Punishment
If Animals Could Talk
On Insularity
On Astrologers
On Protecting Children from Reality
The Decay of Intellectual Standards
Pride in Illness
On Charity
On Reverence
On Proverbs
On Clothes
Should Socialists Smoke Good Cigars?
A Sense if Humour
Love and Monday
Interest in Crime
How to Become a Man of Genius
On Old Friends
Success and Failure
On Feeling Ashamed
On Economic Security
On Tact
Changing Fashions in Reserve
On Honour
The Consolations of History
Is Progress Assured?
Right and Might
Prosperity and Public Expenditure
Public and Private Interests
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