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Title: Winnowed Wisdom (1926)Author: Stephen Leacock* A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook *eBook No.: 0301361.txtEdition: 1Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: Latin-1(ISO-8859-1)--8 bitDate first posted: October 2003Date most recently updated: October 2003This eBook was produced by: Don Lainson dlainson@sympatico.caProduction notes:Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks are created from printed editionswhich are in the public domain in Australia, unless a copyright noticeis included. We do NOT keep any eBooks in compliance with a particularpaper edition.Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check thecopyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing thisfile.This eBook is made available at no cost and with almost no restrictionswhatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the termsof the Project Gutenberg of Australia License which may be viewed online athttp://gutenberg.net.au/licence.htmlTo contact Project Gutenberg of Australia go to http://gutenberg.net.au--------------------------------------------------------------------------A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBookTitle: Winnowed Wisdom (1926)Author: Stephen LeacockContentsAuthor's PrefaceI. The Outlines of EverythingVolume One--The Outline of ShakespeareVolume Two--The Outline of EvolutionVolume Three--The Business Outline of AstronomyVolume Four--Outline of Recent Advances in Science
 
II. Brotherly Love Among the NationsThe Next WarInternational AmenitiesFrench Politics for BeginnersThe Mother of ParliamentsNew Light from New MindsAn Advance Cable ServiceBack from EuropeIII. Studies in the Newer CultureA Little Study in Culture from Below UpThe Crossword Puzzle CrazeInformation While You EatThe Children's ColumnOld Proverbs Made NewIV. In the Good Old Summer TimeThe Merry Month of MayHow We Kept Mother's BirthdaySummer Sorrows of the Super-richHow My Wife and I Built Our Home for $4.90The Everlasting AnglerHave We Got the Year Backwards?Our Summer ConventionV. Travel and MovementAll Aboard for EuropeThe Gasoline Goodbye
 
Complete Guide and History of the SouthThe Give and Take of TravelVI. Great National ProblemsThe Laundry ProblemThe Questionnaire NuisanceThis Expiring WorldAre We Fascinated with Crime?VII. Round Our CityAt the Ladies Culture ClubOur Own Business BarometerMy Pink SuitWhy I Left Our Social Workers' GuildVIII. The Christmas GhostThe Christmas GhostAuthor's PrefaceAn Appeal to the Average ManIt is the especial aim of this book to make an appeal to theaverage man. To do this the better, I have made a study of thecensus of the United States and of the census of Canada, in orderto find out who and what the average man is.In point of residence, it seems only logical to suppose that theaverage man lives at the centre of population, in other words, inthe United States he lives at Honkville, Indiana, and in Canada atRed Hat, Saskatchewan.In the matter of height the average man is five feet, eight inches,decimal four one seven, and in avoirdupois weight he represents 139pounds, two ounces, and three pennyweights. Eight-tenths of hishead is covered with hair and his whiskers if spread over his facecould cover it to the extent of one-tenth of an inch. This oughtto be a promising sign to a reader.
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