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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (1876) is an epic Icelandic poem of over 10,000 lines translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. It is essentially an English retelling of the Volsunga Saga and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eirikir Magnusson, Elder Edda, Harvard Classics, Saga, Study, Volsunga, William Morris
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Thought For the Day: Discerning Truth Requires Experience
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” – John Stuart Mill Without experience it is difficult to discern full truth. If you sit a moment and think on … Continue reading
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Tagged Discernment, Experience, John S Mill, Meaning, Personal, Thought For the Day, Truths
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Voyage of the Beagle – Darwin
As discussed earlier, this work by Charles Darwin was a journal of his keen observations of various localities around the world. His notes during this voyage show his changing view on mutability of species. In it we can read the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, Darwin, Evolution, Harvard Classics, Study, The Voyage of the Beagle
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Thought For the Day: Being Your Own Person Is Hard But Worth It
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too … Continue reading
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Tagged Individual, Price, Privilege, Rudyard Kipling, Self, Thought For the Day, Tribe
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Time Spent On the Harvard Classics: Of Friendship – Francis Bacon
Amidst a collection of essays by Sir Francis Bacon is Of Friendship. It is found in his work called Essays, Civil and Moral. An interesting occultic story about Bacon is that he never died. Instead, having reached the status of … Continue reading
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Tagged Essay, Francis Bacon, Fruits, Gifts, Harvard Classics, Of Friendship, Tutorials
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Thought of the Day: Happiness Is the Key
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Fundamental, Goals, Happiness, John Lennon, Key, Life, Misunderstanding, School, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Odyssey – Homer
Today, we turn our attention to one of the two major Greek epic poems that have been attributed in whole or in part to a blind poet who may or may not have ever lived and who may have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Greece, Cyclops, Epic, Harvard Classics, Homer, Penelope, Poetry, Telemachus, The Odyssey, Thought For the Day, Troy
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Thought For the Day: Happy Pi Approximation Day!
“A bell cannot tell time, but it can be moved in just such a way as to say twelve o’clock – similarly, a man cannot calculate infinite numbers, but he can be moved in just such a way as to … Continue reading
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Tagged Archimedes, Calcuation, Daniel Tammet, Infinite, Numbers, Pi, Thought For the Day, Time
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Holy Willie’s Prayer – Robert Burns
The Ploughman Poet and Bard of Ayrshire, Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist who lived from January 25, 1759 to July 21, 1796. Although celebrated worldwide, Burns is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Harvard Classics, Holy Willie's Prayer, Kirk, Poetry, Robert Burns, Satire
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Thought For the Day: When What You Write Is Truer Than Truth, You’re A Writer
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Ernest Hemingway, Good Books, Thought For the Day, Truth, Writers
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