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Mahatma Gandhi and his autobiography treasured by a Harvard University professor of Cognition and Education
The One, Indispensable Book
Harvard authors suggest their favorites for graduates heading into the world
"The autobiography is neither artfully worded nor elegantly composed, but it describes in remarkably informative detail the ways in which Gandhi developed his own persona, learned from his mistakes, and inspired others." - Howard Gardner, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education and author of “Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed”
Harvard University is currently recommending "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" as an "essential, must-read book for today's graduates", and that the professor who contributed this recommendation considers Gandhi to be "the most important human being of the last millennium". Read more…
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