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Old 05-30-2008, 06:09 PM   #1
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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.
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Old 05-30-2008, 06:12 PM   #2
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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.
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Old 05-30-2008, 06:16 PM   #3
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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.

Is there an index? Look up Ferengi and start there, so you iwll feel comfortable when you being.
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Old 05-30-2008, 06:17 PM   #4
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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.
Further evidence our civilization has passed its high water mark.
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Old 05-30-2008, 06:19 PM   #5
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Is there an index? Look up Ferengi and start there, so you iwll feel comfortable when you being.
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.
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Further evidence our civilization has passed its high water mark.
Why all the contempt for a simple man trying to better himself? Elitist pig.
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I hear that Klingon is pretty heavy stuff not to be entered into lightly.
True, that. The hand salute itsdelf requires extraordinary concentration, let alone all the glottal stops. Good lcuk.
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Why all the contempt for a simple man trying to better himself? Elitist pig.
He's just afraid this will be one more person that recognizes windbaggery on a larger scale.
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Why all the contempt for a simple man trying to better himself? Elitist pig.
I was struck that you are two generations past your grandfather and somehow his knowledge and apprectiation of the Classics was lost.
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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.
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