I would use Phenomenology of Spirit as Hegel text, for its density and esoteric abstractness. such is what made reading philosophy difficult for me to begin with. took me a long time to crack the code. not to get literary, but 'no ideas but in things' describes how I read (past tense). I needed words attached to something other than 'ideas'. I am still challenged by the abstruse, but more willing to dig in. I took an odd pleasure in what I've read of Spirit. I remember even reading it on the commuter train, which should be too distracting for such sort of reading. but at times I still drowned. so that's my vague plan. Philosophy of History is much more accomodating.