Harvard Classics

[El Kabong]

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.

[boozeboxer]

A saddo book club!!!!

[killersheep]

A saddo book club!!!!

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

[boozeboxer]

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.

[killersheep]

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?

[boozeboxer]

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.

[killersheep]

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.

I think I like this quilt club idea!

[El Kabong]

Jesus Andre did you have to write a novel?

First off the Freemasons don't recruit, they don't ask you to join you have to come of your own free will. They always say "To be one, ask one".

Secondly I would like to join because they are a Fraternal Order that does a lot of good for a lot of people...my grandmother for example had an ailment when she was a child and she was taken to the Shriner (you've got to be a Mason to be a Shriner) Hospital and surgeries were performed at no cost to her or her parents. And part of me wants to provide the service and charity to other sick children and I also feel that civic groups like the Freemason's, Civitans, Odd Fellows, Kiwanis, Moose Lodge, and Elks Lodge are a benefit to the community and they used to be such a staple of communities as well and that's kind of fallen by the wayside.

Oh also, my Great Grandfather was a Freemason and 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason.

Are you reading 'Born in Blood' Andre?

[El Kabong]

I didn't mean to give you such a hard time Andre its just I'm on my phone and that took a while to scroll through.

According to numerous sources the Freemasons became "public" as in average people knew about them starting in 1717 so I am not certain if Da Vinci was a Mason. A large number of the Founding Fathers of the United States were Masons: George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Hancock, I think at least 23 signers of the Declaration of Independence were Masons.

Its a fascinating organization and they do a lot of good....I have no idea why certain groups or countries despise them so other than they are scared because they don't understand it.