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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
Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2021
34 min
Beauty is an important factor in the attraction between man and woman. It is knowing beauty that differentiates man from the animals, which only require that their mates be of the same species. (Volume 24, Harvard Classics)
Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
18 min
This is another of those marvelous and unforgetable tales of the wandering Odysseus. The fantasy takes him into regions where he discourses with deceased heroes. (Volume 22, Harvard Classics)
Dec 14, 2021
Dec 14, 2021
Dec 14, 2021
13 min
The many-sided Marvell, who wielded a pen that was both feared and courted, is seen at his best in stirring verse. "A Garden," "Prospect of Flowers," with the "Horatian Ode upon Cromwell," show the power of his genius. (Volume 40, Harvard Classics)
Marvell entered Cambridge, Dec. 14, 1633.
Dec 13, 2021
Dec 13, 2021
Dec 13, 2021
19 min
A famous voyage was Sir Francis Drake's around the world. Drake's crew, the first white men to visit many parts of the world, received amazing receptions from the natives. (Volume 33, Harvard Classics)
Sir Francis Drake embarked for South Seas, Dec. 13, 1577.
Dec 12, 2021
Dec 12, 2021
2 min
Introductory note on Robert Browning (the Ridpath Library of Universal Literature)
Dec 12, 2021
Dec 12, 2021
6 min
Three brave men began the heroic ride from Ghent to Aix. Only one man arrived to tell the thrilling story of the tempestuous ride. In one of his most bewitching poems, in lines that haunt the memory, Browning retells the story. (Volume 42, Harvard Classics)
Robert Browning died Dec. 12, 1889.