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“Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or exert our minds. They require us to think.”
― A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
― A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
“The advancement of science and the diffusion of information [is] the best aliment to true liberty.”
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“Books are better than television, the internet, or the computer for educating and maintaining freedom.
Books matter because they state ideas and then attempt to thoroughly prove them. They have an advantage precisely because they slow down the process, allowing the reader to internalize, respond, react and transform. The ideas in books matter because time is taken to establish truth, and because the reader must take the time to consider each idea and either accept it or, if he rejects it, to think through sound reasons for doing so. A nation of people who write and read is a nation with the attention span to earn an education and free society if they choose.”
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Books matter because they state ideas and then attempt to thoroughly prove them. They have an advantage precisely because they slow down the process, allowing the reader to internalize, respond, react and transform. The ideas in books matter because time is taken to establish truth, and because the reader must take the time to consider each idea and either accept it or, if he rejects it, to think through sound reasons for doing so. A nation of people who write and read is a nation with the attention span to earn an education and free society if they choose.”
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Ruth’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ruth’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
522 books
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30 friends
397 books
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78 friends
1,479 books
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119 friends
66 books
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53 friends
615 books
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93 friends
55 books
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115 friends
101 books
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745 friends
0 books
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547 friends
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