And what is a living book? Simply put, a living book is one that conveys living ideas. It should be of the highest literary quality and should present its subject in a way that engages both the mind and the heart of the reader. Charlotte rejects diluted texts, from which the living ideas have been reduced to mere information, as well as compilations of facts which contain no life in the first place. The test of a living book is whether or not it can be narrated by the student. If the mind is unable to assimilate the knowledge, the book has not done its living work of providing nourishment to
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