A Book You Hated The list of books that I have hated is surprisingly short. I sometimes cannot get into a book, but disliking it enough to add it to my ‘do not read’ list is rare. Such books do… Read More ›
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Mary Wollstonecraft in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’
“…it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of it’s own reason.” —Mary Wollstonecraft in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’
Mary Wollstonecraft in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’
“…the most perfect education, in my opinion, is such an exercise of the understanding as is best calculated to strengthen the body and form the heart.” —Mary Wollstonecraft in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Opening Sentence:Sir, It is not necessary, with courtly insincerity, to apologise to you for thus intruding on your precious time, nor to profess that I think it an honour to discuss an important subject with a man whose literary abilities… Read More ›
Books I Read in December 2008
The Road by Cormac McCarthy Duma Key by Stephen King The Captured Womb: A History of the Medical Care of Pregnant Women by Ann Oakley (33 pages) The Princess Bitchface Syndrome by Michael Carr-Gregg The Taking by Dean Koontz The… Read More ›
Rafferty's Rules [Currently Being Refurbished] 