Friday, January 1, 2010

Epilogue: Summing Up After Going Once Around The Sun

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And so our year consuming the Harvard Classics in 15 minute bites has come to an end. For those who stuck it out through the full 365 days o...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

December 31: Curiousity and Interest as Guide to Reading (Vol. 25, pp. 364-374)

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"Learn to be good readers ... be discriminate in your reading ... read faithfully, and with your best attention, all kinds of thing whi...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

December 30: Dana Meets a Tattooed Sailor (Vol. 23, pp. 77-86)

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More from "Two Years Before The Mast" today, as our hero reaches Gold Rush-era California, circa 1850. Dana doesn't think much...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

December 29: These Guests Overstayed Their Welcome (Vol. 22, pp. 296-309)

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We get the climax of the "Odyssey" today, when our hero returns home after his long and arduous voyage to find his home filled wit...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

December 28: Ho! for the Spanish Main (Vol. 33, pp. 229-240)

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Darwin's voyage is contrasted sharply with today's tale of Sir Francis Drake and how, in 1485, he raided the Spanish gold and silver...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

December 27: Million-Year-Old Islands (Vol. 29, pp. 376-389)

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On this day in 1831, Charles Darwin and crew set sail on the Beagle. The most famous stop on their tour, the Galapagos Islands, is recounted...
Saturday, December 26, 2009

December 26: Silence Cost Her a Kingdom (Vol. 46, pp. 288-300)

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On this day in 1606, Shakespeare's "King Lear" had its premiere before Queen Elizabeth's court. In this sequence, Cordelia...