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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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Apr 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022
33 min
Men who danced among sharp swords --- who gambled with their lives --- who took their women to the battlefields to encourage the brave and shame the cowardly --- these were the primitive Germans who made Roman emperors tremble. (Volume 33, Harvard Classics)
Apr 24, 2022
Apr 24, 2022
Apr 24, 2022
31 min
At the rate at which elephants naturally increase, Darwin estimated that in 750 years there could be nearly 19,000,000 elephants. But did Darwin consider the ravages of civilization and circuses? (Volume 11, Harvard Classics)
Apr 23, 2022
Apr 23, 2022
1 min
Introductory note on The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare (Volume 46, Harvard Classics)
Apr 23, 2022
Apr 23, 2022
26 min
Shaken and disillusioned by the treachery of his elder daughter, King Lear suspected even the faithful Cordelia of evil designs. Her most tender efforts to comfort him failed to drive away the insistent specter of his madness. (Volume 46, Harvard Classics)
Shakespeare died April 23, 1616.
Apr 22, 2022
Apr 22, 2022
Apr 22, 2022
22 min
Immanuel Kant, the most influential of German philosophers, taught that it was man's duty to be happy, for an unhappy man is tempted to sin. Seekers after happiness find aid and inspiration in Kant's writings. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)
Immanuel Kant born April 22, 1724.
Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
21 min
Through the pages of a book the reader sees the life of past days. Carnivals, processions, battles, coronations, voyages - the whole history of the world and its people is revealed in a stupendous pageant. Taine was a Frenchman who wrote an unsurpassed history of English literature; its introduction reveals the unusual combination of an imaginative and an analytical style. (Volume 39, Harvard Classics)
H. A. Taine born April 21, 1828.