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Day 30 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge





Apr 30: Washington's FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Washington's Dictum on Private Life

Washington declared that the strength of the new nation lay in
the "pure and immutable principles of private morality." A free
government, fortified by the virtues and affection of its citizens,
can command the respect of the world.

Read: Washington's FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS ....  Vol. 43, pp. 225-228



May 1: PERSONS ONE WOULD WISH TO HAVE SEEN

What Would You Ask Judas Iscariot?

Once Hazlitt and his friends took to discussing the famous people
they would like to meet—Guy Fawkes, Sir Isaac Newton,
Chaucer, Boccaccio, Cromwell, Garrick, and Judas.

Read: PERSONS ONE WOULD WISH TO HAVE SEEN .....  Vol. 27, pp. 270-283



May 2: Faraday's MAGNETISM—ELECTRICITY

First Sparks of Electricity

Everything has to have a beginning, so too with the science of
electricity. Here we learn the very rudiments, the inceptions
of science that have revolutionized the world. Faraday explains
in a simple way the truths of electricity.

Read: Faraday's MAGNETISM—ELECTRICITY ......  Vol. 30, pp. 61-72



May 3: Machiavelli's THE PRINCE

Why "Machiavellian"?

Traveling from court to court in the stirring days of the Renaissance,
Machiavelli studied the intrigues of princes. His writings
have affected the destiny of mighty dynasties.

Read from Machiavelli's THE PRINCE .................   Vol. 36, pp. 7-17