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Day 57 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge





Aug 16: THE PSALMS

Inspiring Ritual of Temple Worship

David—the psalm singer—knew the wondrous ways of the Lord
and praised H im in his psalms. Burdened souls in all ages have
found comfort in these songs that once were used in the gorgeous
ritual of Jerusalem's temple.

Read from THE PSALMS .........................    Vol. 44, pp. 286-295



Aug 17: Luther's ADDRESS TO THE NOBILITY

Three Walls Luther Saw

Luther declared that the unreformed church had drawn its doctrines
like three walls so closely about the people that they served
not as protection but were the cause of untold misery and distress.
This he hoped to relieve by the Reformation.

Read: Luther's ADDRESS TO THE NOBILITY ..........   Vol. 36, pp. 263-275



Aug 18: CELLINI'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

"I Took Her by the Hair and Dragged Her Up and Down"

In Cellini's day the model's life was a hazardous one. Cellini's
Autobiography reveals how some models were treated. You
will find it more thrilling than the most modern novel.

Read from CELLINI'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY .......  Vol. 31, pp. 312-323



Aug 19: Pare's JOURNEYS IN DIVERSE PLACES

Roses Boiled in Wine

Astonishing treatments and cures are related by Ambroise Pare,
famed surgeon of the fifteenth century. One remedy, for instance,
used to cure a distinguished nobleman, was red roses
boiled in white wine,—and it was effective.

Read from Pare's JOURNEYS IN DIVERSE PLACES ......   Vol. 38, pp. 50-58