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Seriously Victor?! 56 pages for that set up? I guarantee you could have managed it in 10

"He annoyed God." Out of context, this is one of the funniest lines I have ever read

Why Victor must we go through a play by play of Waterloo? This is why abridged editions exist

"Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow that bears his form."

"Annoyed by the inconvenience of having a body" me too babe, me too

"Like many addictions, workaholism is cumulative: over time, sufferers become dependent on the fleeting, drug-like euphoria that comes from accomplishment; the positive, secure confident feelings--- absent in the rest of their lives--- that come with a pat on the back from a boss or good performance review. Over-immersion in work acts as a kind of antianxiety"

Damn it Virginia, were the n-bombs really necessary? I don't think they were, and I think we all know what kind of person that makes you

Just when I thought she was making progress, out comes a cave-man comparison. So gross

"The signing chimps and the gorilla, Koko, have done better" ugh I that is the meanest, most dehumanizing comparison imaginable

I suppose it's a good sign that the Helen Keller-esque epiphany occurs only 1/4 of the way through, but so far this just reads like inspiration-porn

"He thought, following the example of all who have been wise, holy, and just, that his highest duty was not toward himself."

The first California library in 1873 discouraged patrons "from reading too many novels, lest they turn into what the association labeled 'fiction fiends'."

I'm usually ok with descriptions of violence, but page after page detailing the destruction of libraries and willful burning of books has me shook

Omg I know this is the tip of the iceberg and yet it just staggers the mind that this woman is actually going to get even worse as the story goes on. The emotional manipulation is awe inspiring

He's trying so hard to make "freedom of the university" a thing (like freedom of the press), but it is the least catchy phrase ever

"The university is one of the key layers (along with the press) in the overall structure of the nation and broadly designed to advance the quest for better understanding and truth, a hallmark of American ethos. Not just part of the fourth branch, universities represent a fifth branch, as essential as the press to our collective life and success."

"Over the course of the twentieth century, the press, or mass media, moved increasingly toward the center in American public life. Before that it was more part of the contentious extremes- partisan, extreme in opinions, inflammatory, what was known as 'yellow journalism'."

We embrace free speech "because of our interest I a higher value or end - we want to expand our understanding, our knowledge, our truth, and our capacities to engage in that pursuit."

"To be a saint is the exception; to be upright is the rule. Err, falter, sin, but be upright. To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live entirely without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything on this earth is subject to sin. Sin is like gravity."

"Journalism must inform us of what it can know now. The scholar can take longer and go deeper." Love this idea of Journalism and Academia being 2 sides of the same coin

"I am sorry the translator had not a better English dictionary" omg she's savage

Omg it's page after page of her calling out his shitty translations and showing receipts. She publicly humiliated France's premier intellectual. No wonder he was furious when this was published.

"The charm arising from the tones of English blank verse cannot be felt by a foreigner, who is so far from being acquainted with the pronunciation of our language, that he often mistakes the signification of the most common words" cold shade, especially considering how essential multilingualism was to the 18th century European intelligentsia

Pretty bold to argue that Shakespeare's work is superior to any of the ancient Greeks because English folklore was full of better superstitions lol

"The vulgar call all animals that are not natives of their own country, monsters, however beautiful they may be"