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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 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022
27 min
Tacitus, the historian, visited the virile German tribes in their primitive homes on the banks of the Rhine He was surprised to learn that the men so active and eager in war lolled in indolence during the intervals between. (Volume 33, Harvard Classics)
Feb 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022
13 min
"But I, the Queen of a' Scotland, maun lie in prison strang." Burns sings of poor Mary bound by chains, yearning for the day when flowers would "bloom on her peaceful grave." (Volume 6, Harvard Classics)
Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded Feb. 8, 1587.
Feb 7, 2022
Feb 7, 2022
Feb 7, 2022
3 min
Johnson was not always a conventional guest. Graciously treated, he responded in like manner, but offended, Johnson could wield a pen dripping with vitriol. (Volume 39, Harvard Classics)
Samuel Johnson writes to Lord Chesterfield, Feb. 7, 1755.
Feb 6, 2022
Feb 6, 2022
Feb 6, 2022
26 min
"The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in 'Edward' furnished hints which Shakespeare scarcely improved in his 'Richard the Second,' and the death scene of Marlowe's King moves to pity and terror." -CHARLES LAMB. (Volume 46, Harvard Classics)
Christopher Marlowe born Feb. 6, 1564.
Feb 5, 2022
Feb 5, 2022
4 min
Introductory note on The Thousand and One Nights (Volume 16, Harvard Classics)
Feb 5, 2022
Feb 5, 2022
18 min
Trapped in a valley filled with huge diamonds guarded by venomous serpents, Sindibad devised a clever means of escaping with many of the glittering jewels. (Volume 16, Harvard Classics)