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    Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers
    Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers
    Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers
    Audiobook9 hours

    Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers

    Written by Elbert Hubbard

    Narrated by Luke Sartor

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    About this audiobook

    Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre.

    In this volume he reflects on the lives of great teachers throughout history. Included are Moses, Confucius, Pythagoras, Plato, King Alfred, Erasmus, Booker T. Washington, Thomas Arnold, Friedrich Froebel, Hypatia, Saint Benedict and Mary Baker Eddy. (Summary by Lucy Perry, adapted by Luke Sartor) This is Volume 10 in a series of 14 books.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers
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    Elbert Hubbard

    Elbert Hubbard was born in 1856 in Bloomington, Illinois. He was a writer, publisher, and artist who was an influential member of the Arts and Crafts Movement. His best-known work is the short publication A Message to Garcia.

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