Dale Nelson Wrote:
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> A thread on Walter del la Mare's anthology Behold,
> This Dreamer! evoked some discussion here but
> became inactive.
>
> I intend to start that book over, while, at the
> same time, reading some books that I anticipate
> will contrast with it but also be complementary.
>
> Behold, This Dreamer! will be a first-rate
> expression of poetic consciousness. The other
> books would amount to being critiques of what I've
> called sociological consciousness. The first will
> be Dobelli's Stop Reading the News. The next book
> after Dobelli's is likely to be Belloc's The
> Servile State.* Hayek's The Road to Serfdom and
> Vitz's Psychology as Religion might also be
> appropriate. Belloc and Hayek are available as
> free downloads.
>
>
> *Knygatin might appreciate the cover design of one
> of the editions currently available:
>
> [
www.bookdepository.com]
> re-Belloc/9781602068681
My understanding is that the original design by the engraver for the back of US currency had an eye framed by a keyhole, but this was thought inappropriate by Alexander Hamilton, on one of those occasions when he wasn't busy judging a twerking contest involving some of Thomas Jefferson's slaves.
I know I read it somewhere, so it has to be true...
:^)
>
>
> The Servile State may be read for free online:
>
> [
www.gutenberg.org]
> 2-h.htm
>
> Likewise, here is The Road to Serfdom:
>
> [
cdn.mises.org]
>
>
> Anyway, I'm going to start this project, and I
> hope others will be interested.
--Sawfish
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12 Aug 21 | 10:48AM by Sawfish.