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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
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Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Charles Lamb, favorite essayist, thought that no stage could do justice to Shakespeare's tragedies. He advocated reading the plays, and with the imagination costuming the players and building the gorgeous scenery in a way equaled by no scene painter or costumer. (Volume 27, Harvard Classics)
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
We are indebted to Thomas Dekker for one of the most humorous characters in all Elizabethan literature; namely, Simon Eyre, an old shoemaker whose affairs became hilariously involved with those of the gentry. (Volume 47, Harvard Classics)
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
The signal for the beginning of a great controversy, still raging, was the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species." This was the first complete statement of the evolution theory, which had been privately advanced but never publicly taught. A new epoch in science dates from this great work. (Volume 11, Harvard Classics)
"Origin of Species" published Nov. 24, 1859.
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
According to Pascal, a man is not even as significant as a speck of star dust in the universe. Pascal's thoughts on the subject are startling to the modern reader, and they furnish rich food for the imagination. (Volume 48, Harvard Classics)
Pascal begins writing his "Thoughts," Nov. 23, 1654.
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Deserted by her lover, Queen Dido applied to her heart the only balm that could ease her pain. (Volume 13, Harvard Classics)