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There Are Places Where Great Books and Ideas Are Still Taught

There are diamonds in the rough, places where great books and ideas, masterpieces and heroes, and beauty and sublimity are still imparted to young minds.
There Are Places Where Great Books and Ideas Are Still Taught
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Mark Bauerlein
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While leading public and private universities still seem to refuse to have students absorb the best parts of our history and traditions, there are, however, diamonds in the rough, places where great books and ideas, masterpieces and heroes, and beauty and sublimity are still imparted to young minds.

Mark Bauerlein
Mark Bauerlein
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Mark Bauerlein is an emeritus professor of English at Emory University. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, the TLS, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.