Tag Archives: Harvard Classics

Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Mecca Suras of the Qur’an

Posted on July 17, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

I struggled long and hard over the inclusion of this material. In that I am a Christian, there are sentiments expressed here that I obviously find in striking contrast to what I believe to be the truth. That being said, … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Reflections on the Revolution in France – Edmund Burke

Posted on July 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

In November, 1790, British statesman, Edmund Burke published a political pamphlet as an intellectual attack against the excesses of the French Revolution. This work is called Reflections On the Revolution In France. It remains as a defining tract of modern … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Plutarch’s Lives – Pericles

Posted on July 13, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

As discussed previously, Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is an important work not only because of the insights provided with respect to subject of the various persons who are discussed in the biographies but also due to the information provided about the times … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Walking – Henry David Thoreau

Posted on July 12, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Walking or The Wild is a seminal lecture first delivered by Henry David Thoreau at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. It is comprised of extracts from his journals and was finally published in its final form in the Atlantic Monthly … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Extent of the Universe – Simon Newcomb

Posted on July 11, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Simon Newcomb was mostly a self taught man. Yet, he made important advances with respect to timekeeping, applied mathematics, economics and statistics. This self made Canadian-American also dabbled in writing and astronomy. It is this last area, astronomy, that we … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Voyages to Vinland

Posted on July 10, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Norse Viking exploration of coastal North America is described in the Saga of Erik the Red. Leif Erikson first landed in the area that is said to include what is now known as Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Of Truth – Francis Bacon

Posted on July 10, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The First Viscount, St. Albans, Francis Bacon wrote many works that live on through the ages for their clarity and truth. The quote, ” …the inquiry, knowledge, and belief of truth is the sovereign good of human nature”, from the … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The School for Scandal – Richard B Sheridan

Posted on July 7, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The School for Scandal, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre, on May 8, 1777. Sheridan was a renown Irish satirist, playwright and poet. He is buried at Poet’s Corner in Westminster … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Utopia – Thomas More

Posted on July 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Utopia‘s proper title is De Optimo rei publicae deque nova insula Utopia. The literal translation of the title is “Of a republic’s best state and of the new island Utopia”. Its original title was even longer. It is interesting to … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Haskell’s Account of the Battle of Gettysburg

Posted on July 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Battle of Gettysburg stretched from July 1st through 3rd, 1863. It was one of the most horrendous battles that was ever fought in the Western hemisphere and it occurred between two sides of Americans – the North versus the … Continue reading →

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