Project Gutenberg 2014-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 79 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 5, November 1843 Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 5, November 1843" by Various is a collection of essays, poems, and fictional pieces published during the mid-19th century. This volume appears to engage with philosophical and moral themes, including reflections on immortality, the nature of instinct in animals, and societal critiques of ignorance and influence within communities. The opening of this volume presents a thoughtful essay titled "Thoughts on Immortality," which explores the instincts and reasoning of a young bee as an allegory for human beliefs about the afterlife. The author invites readers to consider the contrast between instinctive knowledge and rational thought, framing a discourse on the innate human desire for immortality and the philosophical doubts that may accompany it. This metaphor is then elaborated through the dynamics of a merchant seeking an insurance against risks—a reflection on navigating existence while grappling with uncertainty and belief in an eternal state. Overall, the beginning of the text sets up a complex discussion about belief, instinct, and the human condition, inviting readers into a deeper exploration of these themes throughout the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Periodicals AP Text The Knickerbocker Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 489338 489339 2024-09-20T05:29:50.483035 2023-09-20T15:26:10.876191 text/html text/html 491749 2014-12-28T16:04:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 251705 2014-12-28T16:04:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 266454 2024-09-20T05:29:59.459940 application/epub+zip 272792 2024-09-20T05:29:51.909969 application/epub+zip 265821 2024-09-20T05:29:51.187993 application/epub+zip 430313 2024-09-20T05:30:04.325917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395548 2024-09-20T05:29:58.346957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388273 2022-09-21T17:11:21.277924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422341 422218 2024-09-20T05:29:49.224008 2023-09-20T15:26:09.724718 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 422548 2014-12-28T16:04:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171116 2014-12-28T16:04:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18177 2024-09-20T05:30:04.472122 application/rdf+xml 17886 2024-09-20T05:29:51.293980 image/jpeg 2715 2024-09-20T05:29:51.240977 image/jpeg 251365 2024-09-20T05:29:50.524997 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog