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Why do students in classical education memorize all 70 stanzas of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s Horatius at the Bridge? In this episode of Classical Et Cetera, we explore one of the most demanding—and most rewarding—academic challenges that we give our students: the recitation of Horatius.
What We're Reading from This Episode:
The Idiot—Fyodor Dostoevsky (Martin)
Men Against the Sea—Charles Bernard Nordhoff (Martin)
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion—Beth Brower (Tanya)
Education of a Wandering Man—Louis L'Amour (Paul)
Around the World in Eighty Days—Marian Leighton (Paul)
The Human Factor—Graham Greene (Paul)
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Why do students in classical education memorize all 70 stanzas of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s Horatius at the Bridge? In this episode of Classical Et Cetera, we explore one of the most demanding—and most rewarding—academic challenges that we give our students: the recitation of Horatius.
What We're Reading from This Episode:
The Idiot—Fyodor Dostoevsky (Martin)
Men Against the Sea—Charles Bernard Nordhoff (Martin)
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion—Beth Brower (Tanya)
Education of a Wandering Man—Louis L'Amour (Paul)
Around the World in Eighty Days—Marian Leighton (Paul)
The Human Factor—Graham Greene (Paul)
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