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I recently acquired The Harvard Classics Five Foot Shelf of Books from my grandfather. Any suggestions on where to start? Should I read it front to back in order "to profit in full measure from the writings of the immortals whom [I now] have at [my] beck and call" or should I cherry pick? Anyone to avoid?

I'll admit my knowledge in this area is lacking having squandered my youth on booze and the various offerings of the late, great Aaron Spelling.

Start from beginning to end, unless you desire topical.

Is there an index? Look up Ferengi and start there, so you iwll feel comfortable when you being.

Further evidence our civilization has passed its high water mark.

Start with Ferengi, then maybe Vulcan, Romulan, Trill etc. leaving Klingon for last? I hear that Klingon is pretty heavy stuff not to be entered into lightly.

Why all the contempt for a simple man trying to better himself? Elitist pig.

True, that. The hand salute itsdelf requires extraordinary concentration, let alone all the glottal stops. Good lcuk.

He's just afraid this will be one more person that recognizes windbaggery on a larger scale.

I was struck that you are two generations past your grandfather and somehow his knowledge and apprectiation of the Classics was lost.

I'm not sure he ever read them, they were actually his fathers, my great-grandfather's. They don't carry any signs of significant use. Print date looks to be 1909.