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I like her section on collegial cooperation and the more informal lives of the sitting justices of the SCOTUS. She's really "got soul" in her vocation as an Article III associate justice. She also deep dives on plurality opinions and its history in judicial making.

Mrs. Barret is currently the newest SCOTUS publisher, so I decided to read the most recent work of a very new justice. She is a bit of a taboo compared to her colleagues when it comes to her work experience. Aside from that, she gives both her life's perspective and the SCOTUS POV on law and it's mechanisms. I do enjoy it thus far.

''What is the difference between the tyrant and the king—for their outward symbols of authority and their powers are the same—except it be that tyrants take delight in cruelty, whereas kings are only cruel for good reasons and because they cannot help it''

"[...] for to pardon every one is as great cruelty as to pardon none; we must take a middle course; but as it is difficult to find the true mean, let us be careful, if we depart from it, to do so upon the side of humanity."

Maxim 162. I'm going to buy this book physically, I think it's that good.

Reached Maxim 75. Really enjoying it. Fr. Gracian is cooking

I like most of it so far. Currently on Maxim 20. You will get some practical maxims such as the use of discretion and modest speech. Then there's phrases like: "They are immortal because it's immortal," and you only have to go "bruh." Otherwise, a lot of it is good, simple, and advisable.

I began reading this book when it was summarized to me that it's similar to Machivelli but with more emphasis on Catholic morals, assisting laymen and all manner of devout men to navigate difficult societies without sin. Because I like figurehead such as Cardinal Richelieu, I suspect that I may also like Fr. Gracian S.J. work, too. Jesus says, "Be wise as serpants but innocent as doves."

It’s interesting, I’d say. Mostly good so far with solid stuff. There is one line where the author claims (without any citation) that Saturnalia was just reappropriated to Christmas, a claim as old as a certain Lutheran historian and many later unconventional Protestants would adopt. Of course, I say it’s false but there’s all too many other books that discuss that trope. Other than that, I like the rest!

So far, Abraham’s writing on Harkers interactions in the Carpathian’s through journaling, as well as his very descriptive dialogues with Count Dracula just KEEPS the reader on edge and interested about the mysterious figure from Eastern Europe who purchases a house in England.