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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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Sep 22, 2021
Sep 22, 2021
Sep 22, 2021
22 min
In the days when kings rode to battle leading their troops it was possible to make good the boast of the doughboy: "I'll bring you a king for a souvenir." (Volume 35, Harvard Classics)
Froissart dates Battle of Poitiers, Sept. 22, 1356.
Sep 21, 2021
Sep 21, 2021
Sep 21, 2021
24 min
The Sybil, an old witch, personally conducts Æneas through the gate and into the jaws of hell, where terrors abound on every hand and frightful mysterious forms rule. There he is told of the greatness and glory that was to come. (Volume 13, Harvard Classics)
Virgil died Sept. 21, 19 B. C.
Sep 20, 2021
Sep 20, 2021
Sep 20, 2021
19 min
The Koran defines the powers of a husband over his wives. Thus a woman unfaithful to her lord may be walled up alive. (Volume 45, Harvard Classics)
Mohammed arrives at Kuba after "The Flight," Sept. 20, 622.
Sep 19, 2021
Sep 19, 2021
Sep 19, 2021
15 min
Held as a Moorish slave for five years, Cervantes was submitted to almost daily tortures. But even the horrors of slavery could not dull his sense of humor, as evinced by his most witty and amusing novel. (Volume 14, Harvard Classics)
Cervantes ransomed from slavery, Sept. 19, 1580.
Sep 19, 2021
Sep 19, 2021
Sep 19, 2021
24 min
Every sight was full of beauty. We were coming back to our homes, and the signs of civilization from which we had been so long banished --" wrote Dana, as his ship entered Boston Harbor. (Volume 23, Harvard Classics)
Dana returns from two-year voyage, Sept. 18, 1836.