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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
Feb 19, 2022
Feb 19, 2022
Feb 19, 2022
14 min
The thousandth celestial wife of the Garland God slipped and fell to earth, where she took mortal form and served as an attendant in a temple. Death finally released her and she went back to heaven to tell her lord of the ways of men. (Volume 45, Harvard Classics)
Feb 18, 2022
Feb 18, 2022
1 min
Introductory note on American Historical Documents (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
Feb 18, 2022
Feb 18, 2022
18 min
All Americans should know this treaty which finally inaugurated an era of peace and good understanding with England. For over a hundred years this peace has been unbroken. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
Treaty with Great Britain proclaimed Feb. 18. 1815.
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
24 min
While acting in one of his own plays, Molière was suddenly stricken and died shortly after the final curtain. He took an important role in "Tartuffe" which introduces to literature a character as famous as Shakespeare's Falstaff. (Volume 26, Harvard Classics)
Molière died Feb. 17, 1673.
Feb 16, 2022
Feb 16, 2022
Feb 16, 2022
12 min
Ants have slaves who work for them. These slaves make the nests, feed the master ants, tend the eggs, and do the moving when a colony of ants migrate. Darwin minutely describes the habits and lives of the industrious ants and their marvelous social organization --- a wonder to mankind. (Volume 11, Harvard Classics)
Feb 15, 2022
Feb 15, 2022
Feb 15, 2022
30 min
The romantic and heedless loves of Antony and Cleopatra figure prominently in history, literature, and drama. Dryden made a fascinating play from the story of Antony, who sacrificed the leadership of Rome, reputation, and life itself for love of the Egyptian queen, who followed him in death. (Volume 18, Harvard Classics)
Mark Antony offers Cæsar crown at Rome, Feb. 15, 44 B. C.