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Day 25 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge





Apr 6: MARCUS AURELIUS' MEDITATIONS

Who Is Bad?

Badness has many interpretations, a different definition has been
the dictate of each new generation. The solution of the eternal
riddle was earnesdy sought by Marcus Aurelius.

Read: MARCUS AURELIUS' MEDITATIONS ........  Vol. 2, pp. 243-253



Apr 7: WORDSWORTH'S POEMS

Nature Guided His Pen

Wordsworth was so closely in touch with Nature that the simple
beauty of flowers, woods, and fields is reflected in his poems as
if Nature herself took up the pen and wrote.

Read: WORDSWORTH'S POEMS ................  Vol. 41, pp. 639-651



Apr 8: Aeschylus' THE LIBATION BEARERS

Beware the Vengeful Hounds!

Orestes, holding an avenging sword over his mother, is told:
"Beware thy mother's vengeful hounds." How he pays for disregarding
his mother's warning is told in this drama where a
mother is slain to avenge a father's ghost.

Read from Aeschylus' THE LIBATION BEARERS .......  Vol. 8, pp.111-121




Apr 9: Bacon's NEW ATLANTIS

A Perfect Land in a Wilderness of Waters

West of Peru there was reported to be a land where Truth and
Science were used to promote the happiness and freedom of man.
Here is Bacon's description of this ideal commonwealth.

Read from Bacon's NEW ATLANTIS ...............   Vol. 3, pp. 145-155