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I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington Arabs in the Shadow of Israel by Tony Maalouf Life Is So Good by George Dawson Casals and the Art of Interpretation by David Blum Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
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Heretics by G.K. Chesterton
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It is foolish, generally speaking, for a philosopher to set fire to another philosopher in Smithfield Market because they do not agree in their theory of the universe. That was done very frequently in the last decadence of the Middle Ages, ...more
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“Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club.”
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