A don't-miss article

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  • June 21, 2014 at 1:07 pm
    RobinP
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    Anthony Esolen, author of Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child (a do-not-even-think-about-missing-this-book book, btw,) is a modern hero for thinking people, and for those of us who wish to think better. This recent article is excellent and I believe goes along with some of the recent discussions.

    http://www.crisismagazine.com/2014/read-literature-to-learn-and-love-the-truth?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrisisMagazine+%28Crisis+Magazine%29

    June 21, 2014 at 1:27 pm
    missceegee
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    I remember this article! It is good and reminds me I wanted the book you mentioned. Thanks for sharing.

    June 21, 2014 at 2:07 pm
    Bookworm
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    I love this article dearly, although I do take umbrage at the thought that one cannot BOTH appreciate and have one’s soul informed by the literature, AND catch out the sneaky in their statistics and poor arguments.  Laughing

    June 21, 2014 at 2:09 pm
    Bookworm
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    Interestingly, this just popped into my inbox from the Goodreads quote of the day:

     

    Mark Twain“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” 
    ― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

    June 21, 2014 at 2:17 pm
    mrsmccardell
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    I enjoy his articles. Thanks for sharing. Now excuse me while I go look up in my dictionary the 20 words I’ve never seen before! ; )

    June 21, 2014 at 2:21 pm
    RobinP
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    Very good point, Bookworm. And I think his article proves that it is possible to do and have both as he was doing in defending his argument. I think having the first makes it more possible for us to do the latter.

    LOVE the quote!! It’s going in my commonplace book. 🙂

    June 21, 2014 at 3:04 pm
    Katrina in AK
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    Thanks, Robin, for sharing. Very interesting!

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