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Day 10 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeFeb 6: Marlowe's EDWARD THE SECONDCharles Lamb Suggests To-day's Reading"The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in 'Edward' furnished hints which Shakespeare scarcely improved in his 'Richard the Second,' and the death scene of Marlowe's King moves to pity and terror."—CHARLES LAMB. Read from Marlowe's EDWARD THE SECOND ....... Vol. 46, pp. 73-89 Feb 7: LETTER TO LORD CHESTERFIELDA Letter from a LionJohnson was not always a conventional guest. Graciously treated, he responded in like manner, but offended, Johnson could wield a pen dripping with vitriol. Read: LETTER TO LORD CHESTERFIELD ......... Vol. 39, pp. 206-207 Feb 8: BURNS' POEMSTragic Death of a World-Famous Beauty"But I, the Queen of a' Scotland, maun lie in prison Strang." Burns sings of poor Mary bound by chains, yearning for the day when flowers would "bloom on her peaceful grave." Read from BURNS' POEMS ................... Vol. 6, pp. 396-406 Feb 9: Tacitus ON GERMANYRest Between WarsTacitus, the historian, visited the virile German tribes in their primitive homes on the banks of the Rhine. He was surprised to learn that the men so active and eager in war lolled in indolence during the intervals between. Read from Tacitus ON GERMANY .................... Vol. 33, pp. 93-102 |