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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 4, 2022
Feb 4, 2022
Feb 4, 2022
23 min
"Genius, a Secret to Itself." Thus wrote Carlyle, who affirms that great minds are unconscious of their stupendous strength. And each of us has his own peculiar mental attributes. (Volume 25, Harvard Classics)
Thomas Carlyle died Feb. 4, 1881.
Feb 3, 2022
Feb 3, 2022
Feb 3, 2022
22 min
While the cat's away the mice will play. Boisterous and ludicrous happenings occur in a house left in charge of a servant. But in midst of merriment the master returns. (Volume 47, Harvard Classics)
Ben Jonson receives life pension from James 1, Feb. 3, 1619.
Feb 2, 2022
Feb 2, 2022
2 min
Introductory note on Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Volume 46, Harvard classics)
Feb 2, 2022
Feb 2, 2022
25 min
Before his son, Laertes, departs for a foreign country, Polonius advises him as to his conduct and dress, while Hamlet, the king's son, has to learn by experience. (Volume 46, Harvard Classics
Shakespeare's twins - Hamnet and Judith - baptized Feb. 2, 1585.
Feb 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022
27 min
The intrepid Knights of the Round Table were startled by "crackling and crying of thunder" which rang through the great hall of the castle. Then there entered "The Holy Grail covered with white samite." (Volume 35, Harvard Classics)
Jan 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022
17 min
Slayer of windmills, rescuer of fair damsels in distress, eccentric Don Quixote, scores of years behind his time, set out on a mad quest of knight-errantry. Worlds of fun and killing satire are in this absorbing story of Cervantes. (Volume 14, Harvard Classics)