Has anyone here read the Harvard Universal Classics, aka Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf?

Has anyone here read the Harvard Universal Classics, aka Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf?

It sounds like the quickest path to big-braindom, and it even starts with the greeks

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Might try

emerson? and who is burns? other wise the rest look good

outdated translation, available free online e

>who is burns?

>reading selections picked by someone else
>big-braindom

Yeah, most of it is not hard. You only need 15 minutes a day.

Vol. 1-10
1.1 Vol. 1: FRANKLIN, WOOLMAN, PENN
1.2 Vol. 2. PLATO, EPICTETUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
1.3 Vol. 3. BACON, MILTON'S PROSE, THOS. BROWNE
1.4 Vol. 4. COMPLETE POEMS IN ENGLISH, MILTON
1.5 Vol. 5. ESSAYS AND ENGLISH TRAITS, EMERSON
1.6 Vol. 6. POEMS AND SONGS, BURNS
1.7 Vol. 7. CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE, IMITATION OF CHRIST
1.8 Vol. 8. NINE GREEK DRAMAS
1.9 Vol. 9. LETTERS AND TREATISES OF CICERO AND PLINY
1.10 Vol. 10. WEALTH OF NATIONS, ADAM SMITH
2 Vol. 11-20
2.1 Vol. 11. ORIGIN OF SPECIES, DARWIN
2.2 Vol. 12. PLUTARCH'S LIVES
2.3 Vol. 13. AENEID, VIRGIL
2.4 Vol. 14. DON QUIXOTE, PART 1, CERVANTES
2.5 Vol. 15. PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, DONNE & HERBERT, BUNYAN, WALTON
2.6 Vol. 16. THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
2.7 Vol. 17. FOLKLORE AND FABLE, AESOP, GRIMM, ANDERSEN
2.8 Vol. 18. MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA
2.9 Vol. 19. FAUST, EGMONT, ETC. DOCTOR FAUSTUS, GOETHE, MARLOWE
2.10 Vol. 20. THE DIVINE COMEDY, DANTE
3 Vol. 21-30
3.1 Vol. 21. I PROMESSI SPOSI, MANZONI
3.2 Vol. 22. THE ODYSSEY, HOMER
3.3 Vol. 23. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, DANA
3.4 Vol. 24. ON THE SUBLIME, FRENCH REVOLUTION, ETC., BURKE
3.5 Vol. 25. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ETC., ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES, J.S. MILL, T. CARLYLE
3.6 Vol. 26. CONTINENTAL DRAMA
3.7 Vol. 27. ENGLISH ESSAYS: SIDNEY TO MACAULAY
3.8 Vol. 28. ESSAYS: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
3.9 Vol. 29. VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE, DARWIN
3.10 Vol. 30. FARADAY, HELMHOLTZ, KELVIN, NEWCOMB, ETC
4 Vol. 31-39
4.1 Vol. 31. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BENVENUTO CELLINI
4.2 Vol. 32. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS
4.3 Vol. 33. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS
4.4 Vol. 34. FRENCH AND ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS, DESCARTES, VOLTAIRE, ROUSSEAU, HOBBES
4.5 Vol. 35. CHRONICLE AND ROMANCE, FROISSART, MALORY, HOLINSHEAD
4.6 Vol. 36. MACHIAVELLI, MORE, LUTHER
4.7 Vol. 37. LOCKE, BERKELEY, HUME
4.8 Vol. 38. HARVEY, JENNER, LISTER, PASTEUR
4.9 Vol. 39. PREFACES AND PROLOGUES TO FAMOUS BOOKS
5 Vol. 40
5.1 Vol. 40. ENGLISH POETRY 1: CHAUCER TO GRAY
6 Vol. 41
6.1 Vol. 41. ENGLISH POETRY 2: COLLINS TO FITZGERALD
7 Vol. 42
7.1 Vol. 42. ENGLISH POETRY 3: TENNYSON TO WHITMAN
8 Vol. 43-49
8.1 Vol. 43. AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
8.2 Vol. 44. SACRED WRITINGS: VOLUME I
8.3 Vol. 45. SACRED WRITINGS: VOLUME II
8.4 Vol. 46. ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 1
8.5 Vol. 47. ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 2
8.6 Vol. 48. THOUGHTS AND MINOR WORKS, PASCAL
8.7 Vol. 49. EPIC AND SAGA
9 Vol. 50
9.1 Vol. 50. INTRODUCTION, READER'S GUIDE, INDEXES

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Eliot had stated in speeches that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. (Originally he had said a three-foot shelf.) The publisher P. F. Collier and Son saw an opportunity and challenged Eliot to make good on this statement by selecting an appropriate collection of works, and the Harvard Classics was the result.

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