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“Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged, adapted, adulterated, shredded, and boiled down, it is mind-easing and mind-inspiring to sit down privately with a congenial book.”
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“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”
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“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
― Churchill Speaks: Collected Speeches in Peace and War, 1897-1963
― Churchill Speaks: Collected Speeches in Peace and War, 1897-1963
“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
― On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
― On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Works of Thomas Hardy
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A group to discuss all the works of Thomas Hardy, from poems to novels and everything in between. Also, this is a place to discuss the life and times ...more
George Orwell Matters!
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— last activity Apr 10, 2025 08:10AM
A niche for the readers of Eric Arthur Blair's writings, among the groups for literature and fiction lovers. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903–21 Januar ...more
Explorations of Religious Humanism
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— last activity May 13, 2022 03:56AM
"Religious humanism emphasizes the importance of communities that affirm, support and encourage humanist values through preaching, teaching, caring fo ...more
RadioWest
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— last activity Mar 31, 2020 08:03PM
A place to discuss the books and authors you've heard interviewed on KUER's RadioWest. ...more
Orwell Matters
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— last activity Oct 22, 2021 08:08AM
A Group for people who are fans of: - George Orwell - Dystopia - Political Books - Books on totalitarianism - Orwell Prize Nominated Books
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