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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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Is there an index? Look up Ferengi and start there, so you iwll feel comfortable when you being.
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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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True, that. The hand salute itsdelf requires extraordinary concentration, let alone all the glottal stops. Good lcuk.
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05-30-2008, 06:22 PM | #7 |
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Why all the contempt for a simple man trying to better himself? Elitist pig.
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He's just afraid this will be one more person that recognizes windbaggery on a larger scale.
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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.
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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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