The choice of Franklin’s Autobiography containing account of his journey of self-education as the cornerstone of the Harvard Classics demonstrates Charles Eliot’s mission in creating the five-foot shelf of books: “to afford a good substitute for a liberal education to anyone who would read them with devotion.” Exemplifying the inner life of the Society of Friends, Woolman’s Journal also formed part of his crusade against slavery that would only be realized 150 years later. The Fruits of Solitude of the founder of Pennsylvania published anonymously so as not to be reimprisoned for disloyalty epitomize the simple Quaker truths upon which the Republic would be based.
Language
English
Pages
382
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
The Portable Library
Release
August 19, 2008
Harvard Classics, Vol. 01: Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, William Penn (The Harvard Classics)
The choice of Franklin’s Autobiography containing account of his journey of self-education as the cornerstone of the Harvard Classics demonstrates Charles Eliot’s mission in creating the five-foot shelf of books: “to afford a good substitute for a liberal education to anyone who would read them with devotion.” Exemplifying the inner life of the Society of Friends, Woolman’s Journal also formed part of his crusade against slavery that would only be realized 150 years later. The Fruits of Solitude of the founder of Pennsylvania published anonymously so as not to be reimprisoned for disloyalty epitomize the simple Quaker truths upon which the Republic would be based.