Eugenics and Other Evils: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Eugenics and Other Evils, credited to G. K. Chesterton, 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 recording of Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them "The persuasive and even coercive powers of the citizen should enable him to make sure that the burden of longevity in the previous generation does not become disproportionate and intolerable, especially to the females"; say this to them and they will sway slightly to and fro like babies sent to sleep in cradles. Say to them "Murder your mother," and they sit up quite suddenly. Yet the two sentences, in cold logic, are exactly the same." (Summary by Gilbert Keith Chesterton)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Eugenics and Other Evils
• Author credits: G. K. Chesterton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 5:17:02

Catalogue topics

• audio books
• essays
• religion
• eugenics
• Chesterton
• G. K. Chesterton

Track guide

1. 01 - Introduction & Part 1 Chapter 1 — 18:19
2. 02 - Part 1 Chapter 2 — 16:59
3. 03 - Part 1 Chapter 3 — 15:25
4. 04 - Part 1 Chapter 4 — 25:56
5. 05 - Part 1 Chapter 5 — 24:22
6. 06 - Part 1 Chapter 6 — 19:26
7. 07 - Part 1 Chapter 7 — 16:24
8. 08 - Part 1 Chapter 8 — 11:38
9. 09 - Part 2 Chapter 1 — 17:56
10. 10 - Part 2 Chapter 2 — 23:49
11. 11 - Part 2 - Chapter 3 — 21:36
12. 12 - Part 2 - Chapter 4 — 17:50
13. 13 - Part 2 - Chapter 5 — 22:16
14. 14 - Part 2 - Chapter 1 — 19:51
15. 15 - Part 2 - Chapter 7 — 16:51
16. 16 - Part 2 - Chapter 8 — 20:25
17. 17 - Part 2 - Chapter 9 — 8:12

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