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“Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re are thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving. And they’ll be happy, because facts of that sort don’t change. Don’t give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.  Read More »

I remember returning home for Christmas during my freshman year of college.  In my semester at school, I found myself enjoying writing papers for my English classes far more than my second go-around with Calculus (which, didn’t turn out much better than the first ).  On December 25, I reached into my bright-red stocking and found a hard-cover copy of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style.  With the rise of new e-book readers out this winter, it looks as though digital stocking stuffers may be more popular than in year  Read More »