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Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era

English· 10:24:06· 29 chapters

Volume 14 is a compilation of essays regarding accomplishments over the 50 years preceding the author's death in 1894. The editorial staff chose the people that they felt best exemplified Lord's criteria of being a historical force to represent the worlds of music, art, science and invention. Though not personally written by Lord, the book is attributed to him. - Summary by KHand

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Chapters

Chapter 1
Publisher's Preface
04:26
Chapter 2
Richard Wagner, Part 1
20:40
Chapter 3
Richard Wagner, Part 2
21:47
Chapter 4
Richard Wagner, Part 3
20:48
Chapter 5
John Ruskin, Part 1
20:07
Chapter 6
John Ruskin, Part 2
23:54
Chapter 7
John Ruskin, Part 3
15:14
Chapter 8
Herbert Spencer, Part 1
27:09
Chapter 9
Herbert Spencer, Part 2
28:02
Chapter 10
Charles Robert Darwin, Part 1
28:21
Chapter 11
Charles Robert Darwin, Part 2
25:15
Chapter 12
John Ericsson, Part 1
25:21
Chapter 13
John Ericsson, Part 2
24:04
Chapter 14
John Ericsson, Part 3
25:55
Chapter 15
Li Huang Chang, Part 1
21:51
Chapter 16
Li Huang Chang, Part 2
19:42
Chapter 17
Li Huang Chang, Part 3
20:32
Chapter 18
David Livingstone, Part 1
21:12
Chapter 19
David Livingstone, Part 2
21:08
Chapter 20
David Livingstone, Part 3
21:26
Chapter 21
Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 1
20:38
Chapter 22
Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 2
19:35
Chapter 23
Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 3
18:52
Chapter 24
Michael Faraday, Part 1
23:05
Chapter 25
Michael Faraday, Part 2
22:58
Chapter 26
Michael Faraday, Part 3
23:26
Chapter 27
Rudolf Virchow, Part 1
20:34
Chapter 28
Rudolf Virchow, Part 2
18:58
Chapter 29
Rudolf Virchow, Part 3
19:06

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era

Chapters

Publisher's Preface

Richard Wagner, Part 1

Richard Wagner, Part 2

Richard Wagner, Part 3

John Ruskin, Part 1

John Ruskin, Part 2

John Ruskin, Part 3

Herbert Spencer, Part 1

Herbert Spencer, Part 2

Charles Robert Darwin, Part 1

Charles Robert Darwin, Part 2

John Ericsson, Part 1

John Ericsson, Part 2

John Ericsson, Part 3

Li Huang Chang, Part 1

Li Huang Chang, Part 2

Li Huang Chang, Part 3

David Livingstone, Part 1

David Livingstone, Part 2

David Livingstone, Part 3

Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 1

Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 2

Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 3

Michael Faraday, Part 1

Michael Faraday, Part 2

Michael Faraday, Part 3

Rudolf Virchow, Part 1

Rudolf Virchow, Part 2

Rudolf Virchow, Part 3