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Day 82 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeNov 24: Darwin's ORIGIN OF SPECIESThe Book that Upset Tennessee The signal for the beginning of a great controversy, still raging, was the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species." This was the first complete statement of the evolution theory, which had been privately advanced but never publicly taught. A new epoch in science dates from this great work. Read from Darwin's ORIGIN OF SPECIES ............. Vol. 11, pp. 23-30 Nov 25: Dekker's THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAYCupid as a Shoemaker We are indebted to Thomas Dekker for one of the most humorous characters in all Elizabethan literature; namely, Simon Eyre, an old shoemaker whose affairs became hilariously involved with those of the gentry. Read from Dekker's THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY ......... Vol. 47, pp. 469-483 Nov 26: Lamb ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEAREShakespeare Should Be Heard Charles Lamb, favorite essayist, thought that no stage could do justice to Shakespeare's tragedies. He advocated reading the plays, and with the imagination costuming the players and building the gorgeous scenery in a way equaled by no scene painter or costumer. Read: Lamb ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE .............. Vol. 27, pp. 299-310 Nov 27: Sir Thomas More's UTOPIAWhat Land is This? In wondrous Utopia pearls and precious stones were used as playthings for little children. Gold rings and bracelets were only worn by outcasts, while great golden chains shackled criminals and felons. When ambassadors from foreign lands came in fine raiment, the Utopians treated the plainest dressed as the greatest; the others seemed to them like children. Read from Sir Thomas More's UTOPIA ............... Vol. 36, pp. 191-204 |