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I can’t resist educational books about books.
“Good books are over your head; they would not be good for you if they were not. And books that are over your head weary you unless you can reach up to them and pull yourself up to their level. It is not the stretching that tires you but the frustration of stretching unsuccessfully because you lack the skill to stretch effectively” (48).
— Mar 02, 2026 06:52AM
“Good books are over your head; they would not be good for you if they were not. And books that are over your head weary you unless you can reach up to them and pull yourself up to their level. It is not the stretching that tires you but the frustration of stretching unsuccessfully because you lack the skill to stretch effectively” (48).
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"You should understand that the limitations on the degree to which you can approximate the rule (pertaining to the suggested outlines) are not only ones of time and effort. You are a finite, mortal creature; but a book is also finite and, if not mortal, at least defective in the way all things made by man are. No book deserves a perfect outline because no book is perfect. It goes only so far, and so must you" (85).
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