Boxing Forums



User Tag List

Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Dislikes Dislikes:  0
Results 1 to 15 of 23

Thread: Harvard Classics

Share/Bookmark

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Beyond the wall
    Posts
    17,202
    Mentioned
    38 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Punch Power
    4444
    Cool Clicks

    Default Re: Harvard Classics

    Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
    Never heard of the collection, and to be honest I've never heard of the last two books you listed.

    "The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1910.[1]
    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.
    Eliot worked for one year with William A. Neilson, a professor of English; Eliot determined the works to be included and Neilson selected the specific editions and wrote introductory notes.[1] Each volume had 400-450 pages, and the included texts are "so far as possible, entire works or complete segments of the world's written legacies."[2] The collection was widely advertised by Collier and Son, in Collier's Magazine and elsewhere, with great success."

    Harvard Classics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    For every story told that divides us, I believe there are a thousand untold that unite us.

  2. #2
    El Kabong Guest

    Default Re: Harvard Classics

    Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
    Never heard of the collection, and to be honest I've never heard of the last two books you listed.

    "The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1910.[1]
    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.
    Eliot worked for one year with William A. Neilson, a professor of English; Eliot determined the works to be included and Neilson selected the specific editions and wrote introductory notes.[1] Each volume had 400-450 pages, and the included texts are "so far as possible, entire works or complete segments of the world's written legacies."[2] The collection was widely advertised by Collier and Son, in Collier's Magazine and elsewhere, with great success."

    Harvard Classics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Funny, I've actually read some of those books...Pliny The Younger I read for one of the classes I took on the Roman Empire. Very interesting read especially about the Vesuvius eruption.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    a local pub near you.
    Posts
    7,652
    Mentioned
    5 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Punch Power
    2860
    Cool Clicks

    Default Re: Harvard Classics

    A saddo book club!!!!
    "If there's a better chin in the world than Pryor's, it has to be on Mount Rushmore." -Pat Putnam.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Beyond the wall
    Posts
    17,202
    Mentioned
    38 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Punch Power
    4444
    Cool Clicks

    Default Re: Harvard Classics

    Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
    A saddo book club!!!!

    Quilts are next, I'll get you in on that one.
    For every story told that divides us, I believe there are a thousand untold that unite us.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    a local pub near you.
    Posts
    7,652
    Mentioned
    5 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Punch Power
    2860
    Cool Clicks

    Default Re: Harvard Classics

    Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
    A saddo book club!!!!

    Quilts are next, I'll get you in on that one.

    I have tons of print-out patterns for you guys.
    "If there's a better chin in the world than Pryor's, it has to be on Mount Rushmore." -Pat Putnam.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Beyond the wall
    Posts
    17,202
    Mentioned
    38 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Punch Power
    4444
    Cool Clicks

    Default Re: Harvard Classics

    Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
    A saddo book club!!!!

    Quilts are next, I'll get you in on that one.

    I have tons of print-out patterns for you guys.
    Do you have a mighty mike pattern?
    For every story told that divides us, I believe there are a thousand untold that unite us.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    a local pub near you.
    Posts
    7,652
    Mentioned
    5 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Punch Power
    2860
    Cool Clicks

    Default Re: Harvard Classics

    Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
    A saddo book club!!!!

    Quilts are next, I'll get you in on that one.

    I have tons of print-out patterns for you guys.
    Do you have a mighty mike pattern?
    If MIghty Mike is in the shape of a penis.
    "If there's a better chin in the world than Pryor's, it has to be on Mount Rushmore." -Pat Putnam.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

     

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 33
    Last Post: 05-05-2010, 11:15 PM
  2. Viz Top Tips , some old some new - all classics
    By Mark TKO in forum Off Topic
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: 01-11-2009, 11:35 AM
  3. KOTV Classics
    By ICB in forum Boxing Talk
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 04-20-2007, 10:10 AM

Bookmarks

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  




Boxing | Boxing Photos | Boxing News | Boxing Forum | Boxing Rankings

Copyright © 2000 - 2025 Saddo Boxing - Boxing