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- Introductory Note: American Historical Documents
Introductory note on American Historical Documents (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
2 min - Washington’s First Inaugural Address, by George Washington
Washington declared that the strength of the new nation lay in the "pure and immutable principles of private morality." A free government, fortified by the virtues and affection of its citizens, can command the respect of the world. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
Washington inaugurated April 30, 1789.
10 min - Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
Introductory note on The Thousand and One Nights (Volume 16, Harvard Classics)
5 min - The Thousand and One Nights
Sindbad, a poor man, recited woeful verses before the magnificent dwelling of Sindbad of the Sea. The great Sindbad, hearing him, invited the poor Sindbad to a feast and told the wonderful story of his fabulous fortune. (Volume 16, Harvard Classics)
32 min - Introductory Note: The Book of Ecclesiastes
Introductory note on The Book of Ecclesiastes (Volume 44, Harvard Classics)
2 min - The Book of Ecclesiastes (Ch. 1-5)
Three hundred years before Christ, a preacher in Jerusalem complained that there was no new thing under the sun. Everything considered new had really existed in the time of the fathers. Sophisticated and modern is this writer of 2,300 years ago. (Volume 44, Harvard Classics)
18 min - Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory note on Ralph Waldo Emerson (Volume 5, Harvard Classics)
4 min - Beauty, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Puritan world feared Beauty. Emerson, great American essayist and philosopher, declared that the world was made for beauty, and openly worshiped at beauty's shrine. (Volume 5, Harvard Classics)
Emerson died April 27, 1882.
34 min - 2 min
- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Of Miracles), by David Hume
Just what constitutes a miracle? Does Science indorse miracles? One wonders why such marvelous things do not happen often nowadays. Hume tells why. (Volume 37, Harvard Classics)
David Hume born April 26, 1711.
29 min
About Harvard Classics
From the publisher's feed
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
-- Rich E Book
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