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Former President of Harvard University Charles W. Eliot wrote in his introduction to the Harvard Classics, "In my opinion, a five-foot shelf would hold books enough to give a liberal education to any one who would read them with devotion, even if he could spare but fifteen minutes a day for reading." Here you are, you can easily listen to his entire 15-minutes-a-day study guide while commuting to and from work (most of us spend far more than 15 minutes a day commuting each day), doing mundane work in the office, washing dishes at home, or doing most of the things day in and day out. It is so easy, so entertaining, and so educational that they can be listened to again and again, until they permeate into our own thinking and into our characters. Perhaps, in one year's time, you will become someone you barely recognize, all for the better. Who knows?
-- Rich E Book
Episodes
Apr 10, 2022
Apr 10, 2022
1 min
Introductory note on American Historical Documents (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
Apr 10, 2022
Apr 10, 2022
21 min
Before English adventurers could attempt settlement in America it was necessary first to get permission from the King. The charter of King James to the oldest American colony is an extremely important historical document. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
King James grants charter to Virginia, April 10, 1606.
Apr 9, 2022
Apr 9, 2022
2 min
Introductory note on The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon (Volume 3, Harvard Classics)
Apr 9, 2022
Apr 9, 2022
26 min
West of Peru there was reported to be a land where Truth and Science were used to promote the happiness and freedom of man. Here is Bacon's description of this ideal commonwealth. (Volume 3, Harvard Classics)
Francis Bacon died April 9, 1629.
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
14 min
Orestes, holding an avenging sword over his mother, is told: "Beware thy mother's vengeful hounds." How he pays for disregarding his mother's warning is told in this drama where a mother is slain to avenge a father's ghost. (Volume 8, Harvard Classics)
Apr 7, 2022
Apr 7, 2022
Apr 7, 2022
9 min
Wordsworth was so closely in touch with Nature that the simple beauty of flowers, woods, and fields is reflected in his poems as if Nature herself took up the pen and wrote. (Volume 41, Harvard Classics)
Wordsworth born April 7, 1770.
Apr 6, 2022
Apr 6, 2022
Apr 6, 2022
32 min
Badness has many interpretations, a different definition has been the dictate of each new generation. The solution of the eternal riddle was earnestly sought by Marcus Aurelius. (Volume 2, Harvard Classics)
Marcus Aurelius born April 6, 121 A. D.