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Day 61 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge





Sep 1: Penn's SOME FRUITS OF SOLITUDE

Expelled from College, Founded a City

While at Oxford, Penn rejected the student's gown and thereby
created a furore. Later he founded a city where he sought to
put his new ideas into practice.

Read from Penn's SOME FRUITS OF SOLITUDE ........   Vol. 1, pp. 321-331



Sep 2: Dryden's ALL FOR LOVE

Too Great a Price for Love

While his soldiers fought the battle of Actium, Antony fled to
the arms of Cleopatra. By his flight he forfeited his right to an
empire. Dryden's story of Antony's love makes us realize the
folly of his infatuation for the Nile siren.

Read from Dryden's ALL FOR LOVE ...........   Vol. 18, pp. 88-100



Sep 3: TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN

Seven Years to Reach England

Until 1783 the British refused to believe that the Liberty Bell
had rung. Then they signed a treaty formally recognizing the
Colonies as free and independent states.

Read: TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN (1783) .......    Vol. 43, pp. 174-179



Sep 4: Voltaire's LETTERS ON THE ENGLISH

Voltaire Criticizes

Voltaire's daring courage led him to publish a series of letters
which contained unfavorable comparisons of French customs
with the English. For this he was threatened with the Bastille.

Read: Voltaire's LETTERS ON THE ENGLISH ......  Vol. 34, pp. 85-93