Italy's Fair Assassin
When the monstrous Cenci forced his daughter Beatrice into a horrible situation, she revolted and boldly struck for freedom. Shelley tells her pitiful story in one of his best works.
(Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned, July 8, 1822.)
Read from Shelley's CENCI Vol. 18, pp. 288-300
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
April 9
A Perfect Land in a Wilderness of Waters
West 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.
(Francis Bacon died April 9, 1629.)
Read from Bacon's NEW ATLANTIS (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 3, pp. 145-155)
West 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.
(Francis Bacon died April 9, 1629.)
Read from Bacon's NEW ATLANTIS (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 3, pp. 145-155)
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
April 8
Beware 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 Æschylus' THE LIBATION BEARERS Vol. 8, pp. 111-121
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 Æschylus' THE LIBATION BEARERS Vol. 8, pp. 111-121
Monday, April 7, 2014
April 7
Nature Guided His Pen
Wordsworth 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.
(Wordsworth born April 7, 1770.)
Read: From Wordsworth's POEMS (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 41, pp. 639-651)
Wordsworth 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.
(Wordsworth born April 7, 1770.)
Read: From Wordsworth's POEMS (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 41, pp. 639-651)
Sunday, April 6, 2014
April 6
Who Is Bad?
Badness has many interpretations, a different definition has been the dictate of each new generation. The solution of the eternal riddle was earnestly sought by Marcus Aurelius.
(Marcus Aurelius born in April (26th), 121 A. D.)
Read: Marcus Aurelius' MEDITATIONS (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 2, pp. 243-253)
Badness has many interpretations, a different definition has been the dictate of each new generation. The solution of the eternal riddle was earnestly sought by Marcus Aurelius.
(Marcus Aurelius born in April (26th), 121 A. D.)
Read: Marcus Aurelius' MEDITATIONS (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 2, pp. 243-253)
Saturday, April 5, 2014
April 5
You and Your Dreams
Dreams and their causes interested Hobbes. Without superstition, the philosopher weighed the evidence of ghosts, goblins, and witches.
(Hobbes born April 5, 1588.)
Read from Hobbes' LEVIATHAN (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 34, pp. 313-322)
Dreams and their causes interested Hobbes. Without superstition, the philosopher weighed the evidence of ghosts, goblins, and witches.
(Hobbes born April 5, 1588.)
Read from Hobbes' LEVIATHAN (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 34, pp. 313-322)
Friday, April 4, 2014
April 4
The Mistakes of a Night
Genial and rollicking fun are provided in this highly entertaining story of a man who mistakes a private house for an inn, and who treats his host's daughter like a serving maid.
(Oliver Goldsmith born April 4, 1774.)
Read from Goldsmith's SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 18, pp. 205-215)
Genial and rollicking fun are provided in this highly entertaining story of a man who mistakes a private house for an inn, and who treats his host's daughter like a serving maid.
(Oliver Goldsmith born April 4, 1774.)
Read from Goldsmith's SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (The Harvard Classics: Vol. 18, pp. 205-215)
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