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Day 43 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeJun 21: Ruskin's SESAMEWould You Converse with Royalty? Why gossip with lesser persons when you might be talking to queens and kings? Just how we may get to talk to queens and kings, Ruskin delightfully points out and escorts us to the very doors of the audience chamber. Read from Ruskin's SESAME .................. Vol. 28, pp. 99-110 Jun 22: Pliny's LETTERSPliny Tells Ghost Stories Pliny, who lived in the first century after Christ, tells of a ghost who dragged his jangling chains through a house in Athens and so terrified the inmates that they fled panic-stricken. But the ghost met his equal. Read from Pliny's LETTERS .................... Vol. 9, pp. 311-314 Jun 23: Mill's AUTOBIOGRAPHYGreek Scholar at Three John Stuart Mill—one of the greatest intellects in England—tells how his father educated him. At the early age of three years he began the study of Greek, and at twelve started writing a book of his own . Read from Mill's AUTOBIOGRAPHY ............. Vol. 25, pp. 9-20 Jun 24: THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTSHad No Right HandA handsome young man was seen to eat only with his left hand, which was contrary to the customs of Arabia. The youth, when urged, told why he used only his left hand, and revealed a story of love and adventure and the lover's need for gold—all happening in ancient Cairo. Read from THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS .... Vol. 16, pp. 120-133 |