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Day 89 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeDec 23: Sainte-Beuve's WHAT IS A CLASSIC?Saved from a Bonfire of Books If all the books in the world were on fire, some men would risk their lives to save certain priceless writings: the world's classics. Sainte-Beuve here tells why. Read: Sainte-Beuve's WHAT IS A CLASSIC? ............ Vol. 32, pp. 121-133 Dec 24: HOLINSHED'S CHRONICLESChristmas Made a Dull Day Before the Reformation in England almost every third day was a holy day. But the Puritans abolished all the holy days, even Christmas. Read from HOLINSHED'S CHRONICLES .......... Vol. 35, pp. 266-270 Dec 25: GOSPEL OF ST. LUKEThe Christmas Story Luke was a Greek physician, a man of culture, trained in the best universities of the ancient world. He became imbued with the spirit of Christ, and wrote the most beautiful story of the birth and life of Jesus. Read from the GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE ........... Vol. 44, pp. 357-360 Dec 26: Shakespeare's KING LEARSilence Cost Her a Kingdom Cordelia, daughter of old King Lear, could not convince her father of her love for him. Afterward, when misfortunes made him accept her aid, he learned too late of her real devotion. Read from Shakespeare's KING LEAR .......... Vol. 46, pp. 288-300 Dec 27: Darwin's VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLEMillion-Year-Old Islands It was the new-old lands that Darwin visited on his voyage of the "Beagle." The strange specimens of prehistoric life he saw there made the world gape and shudder. Read from Darwin's VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE ......... Vol. 29, pp. 376-389 |