tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post114894379016209320..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Now This is a Summer Reading Program!Nancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1149172261010985312006-06-01T09:31:00.000-05:002006-06-01T09:31:00.000-05:00I decided long ago that my sons are going to Chris...I decided long ago that my sons are going to Christendom. I only hope it is as supurb when they're old enough for college as it is now. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, <I>The Everlasting Man</I> is required reading for all Christendom freshmen. Wonderful!Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1149002201405300812006-05-30T10:16:00.000-05:002006-05-30T10:16:00.000-05:00Ahem - guys, this is a public conversation, not a ...Ahem - guys, this is a public conversation, not a private one.<BR/><BR/>I met John at the last conference - he's a Christendom college student - see his blogg for more details. (One clicks on the "view complete profile" button!) Do you know that they REQUIRE the reading of <I>The Everlasting Man</I> for one of their courses? Thank God! (I still hear people saying it's too hard, and I wonder what version they're reading.)<BR/><BR/>Actually it was clear from the list of things he's reading that he's an undergraduate, since grad students list lots more journals. Hee hee. <BR/><BR/>And people at work have much longer lists, but do not always get through all the books. I ought to try posting my own list, no one would ever believe it.<BR/><BR/>In fact, this provides the counter-argument demonstrating that GKC was a journalist, not an academic, when he "flipped through" the books DC got him on Aquinas... Real workers rarely have time for that kind of leisure: "For my own part, I never can get enough Nothing to do. I feel as if I had never had leisure to unpack a tenth part of the luggage of my life and thoughts." [GKC, <I>Autobiography</I> CW16:202]<BR/><BR/>(Hey! Did you know that the root word for school, <I>schola</I> means leisure? Don't I wish!)<BR/><BR/>However, the real quote which ought to go here belongs not to GKC, but to STA:<BR/><BR/>"When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, 'I have understood every page I ever read'." [GKC, STA CW2:422]<BR/><BR/>I'm nowhere near that good, but I do thank God and my parents and teachers for that GREAT GIFT.Dr. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1148998731185089272006-05-30T09:18:00.000-05:002006-05-30T09:18:00.000-05:00You were right, Furor. They are good, especially n...You were right, Furor. They are good, especially no. 7. <BR/><BR/>Who is this guy anyway?Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1148953838947727972006-05-29T20:50:00.000-05:002006-05-29T20:50:00.000-05:00His sonnets are quite beautiful. Do yourself a fav...His sonnets are quite beautiful. Do yourself a favour and read "Sonnet #7" on his recent posts list. Superb!Nick Milnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15677481833245634421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1148949498630520282006-05-29T19:38:00.000-05:002006-05-29T19:38:00.000-05:00To keep that up he'll have to keep a book in every...To keep that up he'll have to keep a book in every room, like I do, including a book or two in the <I>excrameditation chamber</I>.Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.com