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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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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 With the Harvard Classics: The Extent of the Universe – Simon Newcomb
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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Tagged Astronomy, Harvard Classics, Pioneering Spirit, Self Taught, Simon Newcomb, Study
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Thought For the Day: We All Have A Little Devil Inside
“No matter how an individual views Satan, whether they believe that he is a real character or that he is just the product of literary scholars and imaginations, no one can deny that each one of us has an aspect … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Better, Nwaocha Ogechukwu, Satan, Study, Thinking
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