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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 13, 2021
Aug 13, 2021
Aug 13, 2021
2 min
England and France caine to battle near Blenheim. Years later the people of Blenheim called it a "famous victory," but could not tell whose victory it was. (Volume 41, Harvard Classics)
Battle of Blenheim, Aug. 13. 1704.
Aug 12, 2021
Aug 12, 2021
Aug 12, 2021
5 min
Huldy, the rustic belle, sat alone peeling apples. She was bashful in her consciousness that Zekle would come soon. When he did, she merely blushed and timidly said: "Ma's sprinklin' clo'es," and then – (Volume 42, Harvard Classics)
Aug 11, 2021
Aug 11, 2021
Aug 11, 2021
14 min
Epictetus advises that if a person speaks ill of you, make no defense, but answer: "He surely knew not of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these only." (Volume 2, Harvard Classics)
Aug 10, 2021
Aug 10, 2021
Aug 10, 2021
36 min
When the people of Paris howled because they had no bread to eat, Queen Marie Antoinette exclaimed: "Well, then, let them eat cake!" Such an attitude hastened the revolution. (Volume 24, Harvard Classics)
French royal family imprisoned, Aug. 10, 1792.
Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021
26 min
Minister and witness, bride and groom were arrested by an enraged father when John Donne married his employer's niece. Donne was soon released, but he found himself without money, position or bride. (Volume 15, Harvard Classics)
Isaak Walton born Aug. 9, 1593.