A lecture has been well described as the process whereby the notes of the teacher become the notes of the student without passing through the mind of either.
Mortimer J. Adler
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There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified not destroyed by understanding its limitations. Ignorance does not make a fool as surely as selfdeception.
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If your friend wishes to read your Plutarchs Lives Shakespeare or The Federalist Papers tell him gently but firmly to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart.
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