Whether a writer by trade or a novice
he sets in motion tragic forces beyond his control and faces losing everything he loves
after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination
For one hundred years
like Moth storytellers Mike Birbiglia
Hume: Selected Essays Cultural & Regional Whether a writer by tradeIn his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Mortal, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), comprehensively shows how far he succeeded. As seen in these selections, Hume embraces a staggering range of social, cultural, political, demographic, and historical concerns, charting the state of civil society, manners,