“There
are two sets of readings: the trusted great texts, studied with devotion in
hope of illumination, and the accident reports and fever charts of our
condition, studied with revulsion for prophylactic purposes. (They are very
roughly as books to articles.) The trouble in educating our young on the latter
is that they become fixed on curing evils rather than achieving good.”
[Eva
Brann, Open Secrets/Inward Prospects:
Reflections on World and Soul, Paul Dry Books, 2004.]
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