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Day 25 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeApr 6: MARCUS AURELIUS' MEDITATIONSWho 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 POEMSNature Guided His PenWordsworth 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 BEARERSBeware 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 ATLANTISA Perfect Land in a Wilderness of WatersWest 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 |