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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Imitation of Christ – Thomas à Kempis
A Christian devotional written by Thomas a Kempis, this is a handbook for spiritual life deriving from the Devotio Moderna movement. This religious classic may be the second most widely read Christian book next to The Bible. It is divided into … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Discovery of Guiana – Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned on July 19, 1603. His crime? He married a lady in waiting for Queen Elizabeth I. With that in mind, perhaps it is not so unforgiveable that under the current circumstances of the emergent situation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Discovery, El Dorado, Elizabeth I, Guiana, Harvard Classics, James I, Walter Raleigh
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan
This Christian allegory written in 1678 by John Bunyan is more fully entitled The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come. It is often said to be the first novel written in English . Certainly, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegory, Coventicle Act, English, Grace, Harvard Classics, John Bunyan, Novel, The Pilgrim's Progress
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: A Blot in the ’Scutcheon – Robert Browning
Robert Browning’s story is one of a journey from success to near obscurity to success again. From this a lesson may be drawn. Never give up, never surrender. There is another lesson to which so many successful persons teach us. … Continue reading
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Tagged A Blot In the 'Scutcheon, Character, Drama, Harvard Classics, Irony, Monologue, Playwright, Poet, Robert Browning
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Phedre – Jean Racine
In that Jean Racine was elected to the French Academy on July 17, 1673, this is a fitting time for a quick study of Phedre et Hippolyte known today simply as Phedre. This is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandriine, Corneille, Greek Mythology, Harvard Classics, Jean Racine, Moliere, Phedre, Verse
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