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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Reading for the 5th time

read in January 2001

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Joyce said: " My children, as 5yo, both enjoyed it. I enjoyed sharing this wonderful introduction to Tolkien with them. "

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The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

by Sidney Lanier

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Maidens by His Design - Student Workbook

by Doran Richards

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Dec 09, 2025 12:20PM

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“The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss it. Good taste, the last and vilest of human superstitions, has succeeded in silencing us where all the rest have failed.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Heretics

tags: freedom-of-religion, freedom-of-speech, political-correctness

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“The Church always seems to be behind the times, when it is really beyond the times.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Ball and the Cross

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