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Classical Teacher, Occasional Scribbler, Dragon Hunter
Remember when Amazon was basically a gigantic book thrift store and you could find good copies of books for 1 cent plus 3.99 shipping? Good times, good times.
Worth reading the whole thread.
Highly-educated-motherhood is a high-skilled job: these moms are always debating and doing research about health and school and extracurriculars and tutoring and all sorts of stuff. The home becomes a legitimate space for female ambition. (Spoiler: as it always was historically)
Wilberforce's description of Englishmen rings true for the average American: "[A desire] to multiply the comforts of affluence, to provide for the gratification of appetite, to be luxurious without diseases, and indolent without lassitude, seems the chief study of their lives."
“If we let passion take the place of judgment, and self-will reign instead of scriptural authority, we shall fight the Lord’s battles with the Devil’s weapons, and if we cut our own fingers we must not be surprised.”—Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
The story of Marco Polo (if even half of it is true) is absolutely nuts.
I don't know if this is deliberate or not, but it's great. Thanks!
Lots of Reformation Heritage books are FREE today for your Kindle on Amazon. Check it out! amazon.com/s?k=reformatio…
Can we all just be glad that Amazon named Audible and Prime Video before the whole "Plus" craze? Imagine having to listen to a book on Amazon+ all the time.
This Fourth of July, here's a word from another patriot who saw his country deeply divided, but still loved it enough to fight for it: "But when with a rational spirit you have surveyed the whole field, there is no social relation among them all more close, none more dear than…
One of the things I enjoy about reading older (pre-1950s) authors on classics is that they frequently assume the classical authors actually knew what they were talking about.
One of the curious things about being a teacher is that you usually have no clue what kind of an impact you're having. Stack me up against a kid's parents, religion, social prospects, friends, and I will usually come in last. That's as it should be. But it does keep you humble.
I'd be curious if any of my homeschool peeps have thoughts.
I was homeschooled most of my k-12, attending a couple years of private school. In 2011 I founded @RomanRoadsPress with the specific goal of publishing classical curriculum for homeschoolers, as most of the curriculum at the time was merely adapted for home use. But since…