FACT OF THE DAY:
“On the Reading of Old Books” – an essay that was first published as the preface to a book by his friend Sister Penelope from 1944.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)
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