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Turning up the volumes

10/11/2010

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One of the more extraordinary stories in Bush's self-justification, Decision Points, is that of the competition between Bush and Karl Rove to see how many history books they could read in a year.

Bush lost. He tells us, "The final tally was 110 to 95 in books; 40,347 to 37,343 in pages; and 2,275,297 to 2,032,083 in total square inches."

An hour or so after reading this, I saw, in a completely different context, the following from Mortimer J Adler:

"Regarding great books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you".

Today's listening: Garcia, Grisman and Rice, The Pizza Tapes. Three great musicians enjoying themselves.


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Sean Luckett
10/11/2010 02:17:35

Loving the blog Max, it's a pleasure to catch up on the erudite meanderings of your mind.
It looks good too.
I look forward to reading more, and seeing you soon i hope.
All the best
Sean
p.s. Go Sox!

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