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“It came to me that Hyde Park has never belonged to London - that it has always been , in spirit, a stretch of countryside; and that it links the Londons of all periods together most magically - by remaining forever unchanged at the heart of a ever-changing town.”
― I Capture the Castle
― I Capture the Castle
“Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.”
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“The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.”
― Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
― Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
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Isobel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Isobel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,690 books
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41 friends
4,695 books
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854 books
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50 friends
45 books
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Favorite Genres
Classics, Comics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Poetry, and Young-adult
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