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Day 44 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge






Jun 25: HERRICK'S POEMS

Advice to Virgins from a Wise Man

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today, to-morrow will be
dying? "Herrick was only a humble country minister with a
wealth of wisdom and a keen appreciation of life, which he
expressed in lyrics of wonderful beauty and melody.

Read: HERRICK'S POEMS ..................   Vol. 40, pp. 334-340



Jun 26: BEOWULF

In the Lair of the Green-Eyed Monster

At the bottom of the ocean was the home of the monster who
had desolated the king's halls. Beowulf, bravest of warriors,
descended beneath the waves to fight the beast. The king's
men, waiting above, saw the waves become colored with blood.
Hero or monster—who had won?

Read from BEOWULF ............................   Vol. 49, pp. 45-50



Jun 27: BACON'S ESSAYS

Do You Take Poison Daily?

There is a human trait most poisonous to a man's blood. Man
seeks to avoid it because he knows that it lies like a curse upon
him. Just what is the poisonous human failing? Who are most
subject to it? Bacon tells you in one of his best essays.

Read from BACON'S ESSAYS .....................   Vol. 3, pp. 22-26



Jun 28: Darwin's VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

Pages from the Pampas Book of Etiquette

A very definite etiquette is followed by a stranger on the vast
plains of South America. "Ave Maria" is the common salutation.
If the stranger is on horseback, he does not alight until
invited to do so by his host. Once in the house, the stranger must
converse a while before asking shelter for the night.

Read from Darwin's VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE ......  Vol. 29, pp. 51-60