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This is one of my favorite books on culture. I need to reread it soon and give an actual review of it, b/c it has been a long time since I first read it.UPDATE: Finally reread this. Still relevant and more than ever. Schaeffer wrote this decades ago ...more "
“Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to play and be passive.”
― The Underground History of American Education: An Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling
― The Underground History of American Education: An Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling
“Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings.”
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“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
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“God also puts His people in the middle of things for the same reason that He put the tree of temptation in the middle of the garden--so that our choice to follow Him would be a conscious, daily one. Every time we publicly choose to live for Christ, He is glorified.”
― Pilgrimage: My Journey to a Deeper Faith in the Land Where Jesus Walked
― Pilgrimage: My Journey to a Deeper Faith in the Land Where Jesus Walked
“Truth for us nowadays is not what is, but what others can be brought to accept: just as we call money not only legal tender but any counterfeit coins in circulation.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
Well-Educated Mind Poetry Reading List
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I formed this group in order to post the poetry book list from Susan Wise Bauer's Well-Educated Mind. If you love poetry -- or you need to read more o ...more
The Well-Educated Mind Histories
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Are you a history fanatic? Or do you loathe it terribly and need encouragement to read through this genre? I am reading chronologically through Su ...more
Book Wormies
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"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." ~ Frederick Douglass ...more
The Well-Educated Mind PLAYS
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Reading through the WEM plays! See BOOKLIST for the reading order of selected plays by author Susan Wise Bauer. Plays are listed chronologically thro ...more
The Classics Club
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This group is made up of members of the Classics Book Club. Members who happen to be part of Goodreads can meet here to share links, post reviews, etc ...more
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