Esse Quam Videri: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Esse Quam Videri, credited to John Hay, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Esse Quam Videri by John Hay. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 17, 2026. John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also a biographer of Lincoln, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout his life. - Summary by Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Esse Quam Videri
• Author credits: John Hay
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 12:21

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• philosophy

Track guide

1. 01 - Esse Quam Videri - read by AL — 1:38
2. 02 - Esse Quam Videri - read by BK — 1:12
3. 03 - Esse Quam Videri - read by BWC — 1:06
4. 04 - Esse Quam Videri - read by CF — 1:16
5. 05 - Esse Quam Videri - read by CLA — 1:15
6. 06 - Esse Quam Videri - read by DL — 1:15
7. 07 - Esse Quam Videri - read by GLN — 1:14
8. 08 - Esse Quam Videri - read by LAH — 1:10
9. 09 - Esse Quam Videri - read by LCW — 1:06
10. 10 - Esse Quam Videri - read by PFS — 1:08

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