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“Aristotle points to the unique character of the hand when he calls it the tool of tools. The philosophic tradition saw the human hand as specially fitted to carry out the designs of reason, and biology too notes its uniqueness among all animals. The hand is where reason most engages the human body and work.“

Interesting things to ponder.

Beneath the pressing awful weight
Of Adam’s primal sin,
The human race resides in hate
And loves the death within.
With such, persuasion works in vain.
These bones will not be led,
But God takes captives in His train—
His preachers raise the dead.

Mark the word, & guard your pleasure; He whose will transcends all measure Placed within His halls a treasure For those of low degree. Sacraments will feed the lowly; Love the kind, & fear the holy, Honor God, & serve Him only— He has adopted thee. Call for faith, & in faith wonder At this reign of silent thunder. Apostles & the prophets plunder— The devil’s house has fallen under; The words of Christ run free.

An unexpected delight.

Just love this series.

Re: intentional households

“Little the scale to work on, yet not little is the glory.”

In reference to Puritan children: “…deporting themselves in such grim fashions as the Puritanic nature would permit; playing going to church, per chance, or at scourging Quakers…”

More open disdain.

Read this in high school and didn’t remember Hawthorne having such a disdain for the puritans!

Inspired and all jazzed about classical education.

I’m enjoying it…though 41 pages of the authors personal history seems like a lot and it appears that there’s quite a bit more before we get to the main point of the book…classical education for the child with special needs.