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Our Dumb Predecessors.
03-Nov-09Whenever I think the world is coming to an end from stupidity, I just read old books. The one that has been inspiring me recently is (to be honest) Thoreau’s reading of old books. But Thoreau is approaching old-book status himself anyway: “I learn from Topsell’s Gesner, whose authority appears to be Albertus, that the [...]