🙏 RIP Michael Sugrue (1957- 2024).
This is a masterpiece lecture AND a heck of a book review:
“Improvisation on Thucydides”
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MLK. Letter from Birmingham Jail
📚 This is MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Every word is considered and contributes to its lyrical qualities. The letter has a rhythm 🎼
What gives it emotional power is that it’s simple. It is written to be read. So please read it 👀
Humbleness and Humility
😇 It has been my experience from all the people I have known on both sides of the humble seesaw, that humble people define themselves by who they are, not what they are.
Wisdom from Seneca on What to Read
Seneca advised us not to read too much of the wrong books: “…he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.”
here is his letter #2