Category: Harvard Classics
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EMS stories and EF5 and EFU by Jeremy and Lancelot
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading EMS stories and EF5 and EFU by Jeremy and Lancelot. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one…
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Mountains in Labor by Aesop
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading The Mountains in Labor by Aesop. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my own…
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Lycidas by John Milton
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading Lycidas by John Milton. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my own stories or…
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The Wolf and The Lamb by Aesop
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading the poem The Wolf and The Lamb by Aesop. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my…
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The Cock and the Pearl by Aesop
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading the poem The Cock and The Pearl by Aesop. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my…
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A Strong Right [song] • from 54 poems at 27
lyrics by Robert Burns arrangement by Lancelot Schaubert Note: To be sung with each verse given to a different man and all in unison at the chorus. In the spirit of an Irish drinking song. C The man, in life wherever plac’d, F …
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Is Advice a Vice?
In reading Emerson’s Lecture to Divinity Students, I’m struck by several thoughts, the first concerns how often we seek advice. (For noobs, I’ve been reading my way through Harvard slow and steady. So welcome all). Anyways, something that nailed me between my eyes was Emerson’s aversion to advice and counsel. A buddy of mine recently…
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10 Ways to NOT read Milton’s Poetry
BOOM: Vol. 4. COMPLETE POEMS IN ENGLISH, MILTON At this pace, I’ll be doing good to finish these suckers by my 30th birthday. For those who have only started reading and hanging out on here this year, I’m actually in the middle of a Harvard Classic read-through. I started out sprinting like Seabiscuit but slowed…
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Paradise Lost: Book One
Reading a Harvard Classic, journaling for an MIT open course, watching a Yale lecture. Buckle up, this is about to be the most literated fantastic point of ignorance yet. We’ll have a coffee shop version, an appetizer version and a full course meal for this puppy. Respond and dialog as soon as you want to jump…
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M.I.T. Free
No, that’s not a typo. Thanks to Logan K. Stewart’s suggestion, I’m now going to take on M.I.T. free at the same time as my Harvard Classics readings. Basically, there’s a list of classes: Courses by Department Aeronautics and Astronautics Anthropology Architecture Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation Biological Engineering Biology Brain and Cognitive Sciences Chemical…
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Manuscripts Milton and Melting
Either my wife’s prayer, a cup of Prince of Wales tea (don’t buy any) or the deadline of “before the holidays” forced me to complete the first draft of my second novel shortly after Monday’s letter post. It felt nothing like the first time. The first time, finals week loomed in the dorms. I keyed in…