Food for thought and one more picture for the road

This quote may seem random in the extreme, but it isn't- really! I have recently been rooting about in the topic of classical education. I've aquired a few new books and some new ideas. Rachel and I have even embarked on a project for the improvement of our minds with the aid of a book titled "The Well-Educated Mind" (blessing on you, Bria!). So really this quote is one of the long-handled spoons stirring up the pot of my brain (okay, its late at night). More to come on the subject later (maybe).


"For we let our young men and women go unarmed in a day when armor was never so neccessary. By teaching them to read, we have left them at the mercy of the printed word. By the invention of the film and the radio, we have made certain that no aversion to reading shall secure them from the incessant battery of words, words, words. They do not know what the words mean; they do not know how to ward them off or blunt their edge or fling them back; they are a prey to words in their emotions instead of being the masters of them in their intellects. ... We have lost the tools of learing, and in their absence can only make a botched and piecemeal job of it."
-Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Lost Tools of Learning"

And one more picture because I love it!