This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. - William Lyon Phelps
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- In command at twelve years of age . . .
- His job depends on not understanding it
- Not even a theory to cover our nakedness . . .
- But what little there is, is very important
- On Early Rising
- Interview - Terry Pratchett
- The foundation of successful learning is improving...
- The Winds of Fate
- A violent South Wind blew upon them
- A commanding sense of duty
- Seems like a good way to spend ones' time
- Back when the government was small . . .
- Translating Beowulf
- We campaign in poetry . . .
- Watch out for the booksellers
- True of many traditions and adages
- He is dying in my poor house . . .
- What was that about the elephant?
- I guess it might be time to reread . . .
- Burma Surgeon
- Final test
- Gross Neglect of Duty
- I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
- Against Censorship
- Laugh, and the world laughs with you
- In a universe more and more abstract . . .
- A Klondike wilderness
- "You never say farewell to courage."
- Richard Henry Dana's nostalgia
- "I wish you had read more books."
- How did that happen?
- Talking and Conversing
- The Man Who Was Thursday
- Ooph!
- I dwell in a lonely house I know
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About Me
- Charles
- A family man, a management consultant, a book seller and an avid reader. Committed to helping children become avid readers in turn. The great chain of reading always needs renewing.
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