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Day 10 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge





Feb 6: Marlowe's EDWARD THE SECOND

Charles Lamb Suggests To-day's Reading

"The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in 'Edward' furnished
hints which Shakespeare scarcely improved in his 'Richard
the Second,' and the death scene of Marlowe's King moves to pity
and terror."—CHARLES LAMB.

Read from Marlowe's EDWARD THE SECOND .......   Vol. 46, pp. 73-89



Feb 7: LETTER TO LORD CHESTERFIELD

A Letter from a Lion

Johnson was not always a conventional guest. Graciously treated,
he responded in like manner, but offended, Johnson could wield
a pen dripping with vitriol.

Read: LETTER TO LORD CHESTERFIELD .........  Vol. 39, pp. 206-207



Feb 8: BURNS' POEMS

Tragic Death of a World-Famous Beauty

"But I, the Queen of a' Scotland, maun lie in prison Strang."
Burns sings of poor Mary bound by chains, yearning for the day
when flowers would "bloom on her peaceful grave."

Read from BURNS' POEMS ...................   Vol. 6, pp. 396-406



Feb 9: Tacitus ON GERMANY

Rest Between Wars

Tacitus, the historian, visited the virile German tribes in their
primitive homes on the banks of the Rhine. He was surprised
to learn that the men so active and eager in war lolled in indolence
during the intervals between.

Read from Tacitus ON GERMANY ....................  Vol. 33, pp. 93-102