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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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Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021
29 min
The Hottentot thinks his wife beautiful. Every American believes his wife also to be beautiful. But the American and the Hottentot are quite different. What, after all, is Beauty? (Volume 24, Harvard Classics)
Aug 22, 2021
Aug 22, 2021
4 min
Introductory note on Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (Volume 23. Harvard Classics)
Aug 22, 2021
Aug 22, 2021
37 min
In the days when sailing ships plied the seven seas, common sailors were often subject to a brutal captain whose whim was law. Dana, a Boston college boy, makes an exciting story of his sea experiences. (Volume 23, Harvard Classics)
Aug 21, 2021
Aug 21, 2021
Aug 21, 2021
21 min
A certain man was willed a Bible. He scorned the legacy until one day, penniless and downcast, he turned to the book for consolation. Imagine his amazement on finding hundred dollar bills between the pages. St. Augustine explains how he found even greater treasures in the Bible. (Volume 7, Harvard Classics)
Aug 20, 2021
Aug 20, 2021
Aug 20, 2021
26 min
Driven from Heaven, Satan meditated revenge. He decided his greatest opportunity to injure God was to bring sin to mankind. Satan's plot against Eve is told by Milton. (Volume 4, Harvard Classics)
"Paradise Lost" published Aug. 20, 1667.
Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021
20 min
Astonishing treatments and cures are related by Ambroise Paré, famed surgeon of the fifteenth century. One remedy, for instance, used to cure a distinguished nobleman, was red roses boiled in white wine, – and it was effective. (Volume 38, Harvard Classics)