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“Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
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“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
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“The liberal arts are the arts of communication and thinking. ‘They are the arts indispensable to further learning, for they are the arts of reading, writing, speaking, listening, figuring,”
― A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
― A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
“I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county, to consist of a few well-chosen books, to be lent to the people of the country under regulations as would secure their safe return in due time.”
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“Since the purpose of reading, of education, is to become good, our most important task is to choose the right books. Our personal set of stories, our canon, shapes our lives. I believe it is a law of the universe that we will not rise above our canon. Our canon is part of us, deeply, subconsciously. And the characters and teachings in our canon shape our characters--good, evil, mediocre, or great.”
― A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
― A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
Aaron’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Aaron’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
987 books
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57 friends
497 books
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60 friends
298 books
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166 friends
213 books
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113 friends
76 books
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131 friends
683 books
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130 friends
476 books
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22 friends
287 books
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169 friends
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