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Day 74 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeOct 23: Plutarch's CAESARWhen Caesar Turned the Tables When only a boy, Caesar was captured by pirates. While awaiting ransom he entered into every sport and game with them. Once freed, he quickly returned with forces that captured the outlaws. Then he took deliberate revenge. Read from Plutarch's CESAR .................... Vol. 12, pp. 264-273 Oct 24: Aeschylus' AGAMEMNONClytemnestra Meets Her RivalCassandra knew through a prophetic vision that a sword would pierce her heart. Agamemnon, her captor, took her to his home where an avenging wife, Clytemnestra, awaited. The tragedies of the doom that requited the sins of the House of Atreus are among the most powerful ever written. Read from Aeschylus' AGAMEMNON .............. Vol. 8, pp. 52-64 Oct 25: Macaulay's MACHIAVELLIGreatly Encouraged Intrigue After the publication of Machiavelli's " The Prince," the Sultans became more addicted to strangling their brothers, tyrants became more merciless, and murderous plots increased. The influence of that book, as Macaulay points out, spread over Europe and Asia. Read from Macaulay's MACHIAVELLI ................ Vol. 27, pp. 363-372 Oct 26: Franklin's AUTOBIOGRAPHYFranklin Learned the Secret Poor at twenty, rich at forty, internationally famous at fifty. Benjamin Franklin once walked the streets of Philadelphia alone, poor, and with no education. Yet he rose to be a leader because he learned the secret of careful reading. Read from Franklin's AUTOBIOGRAPHY ................... Vol. 1, pp. 14-21 |