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Walden
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It would be well, perhaps, if we were to spend more of our days and nights without any obstruction between us and the celestial bodies,
“A democracy becomes hopelessly weak, and the general good suffers accordingly, if its higher officials, bred up to despise it, and necessarily drawn from those very classes the dominance of which it is pledged to destroy, serve it only half-heartedly.”
― Strange Defeat
― Strange Defeat
“Hitler kept the truth from his servile masses. Instead of intellectual persuasion he gave them emotional suggestion.”
― Strange Defeat
― Strange Defeat
“I do not say that the past entirely governs the present, but I do maintain that we shall never satisfactorily understand the present unless we take the past into account.”
― Strange Defeat
― Strange Defeat
“For there can be no salvation where there is not some sacrifice, and no national liberty in the fullest sense unless we have ourselves worked to bring it about.”
― Strange Defeat
― Strange Defeat
“The voice on the radio may speak our language, but it comes from the other side of the Rhine.”
― Strange Defeat
― Strange Defeat
Beta Reader Group
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A place to connect writers with beta readers. Sometimes writers get so involved in the plot they can't see the wood for the trees. Hang on a sec'--th ...more
The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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This group is for anyone who loves books from different genres. Every month we have group Books of the Month which you can join, reading challenges, a ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
Never too Late to Read Classics
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NTLTRC will help you find your love of Classcis! Find intrigue, well-developed characters, prose that is complex and beautiful, compelling stories tha ...more
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