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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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Jul 4, 2021
Jul 4, 2021
Jul 4, 2021
9 min
Some Americans preferred to be loyal to England and did not want independent government. Their hesitation is better understood when the finality of the Declaration is realized. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
Independence Day.
Jul 3, 2021
Jul 3, 2021
Jul 3, 2021
16 min
An officer in that momentous battle narrates every major action of both armies. Thus we see the swarming lines of Confederates advance - the hand-to-hand struggle. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3. 1863.
Jul 2, 2021
Jul 2, 2021
Jul 2, 2021
14 min
So that the date for certain festivals would not fall one year in midwinter and in the heat of summer another year, Cæsar reformed the calendar. July was named for him. (Volume 12, Harvard Classics)
Jul 1, 2021
Jul 1, 2021
Jul 1, 2021
30 min
While Darwin was working on his theory of evolution, another scientist independently arrived at the same conclusions. Darwin, then, was not the first to study evolution. (Volume 11, Harvard Classics)
Darwin publishes outline of "Origin of Species" July 1, 1858.
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
29 min
"Democracy" has not always been the choice of oppressed people. The tyranny of the majority is a recognized evil as harmful as the misrule of a king. And rather than exchange a lesser evil for a greater, a rule by king has often been preferred to a republic. (Volume 25, Harvard Classics)