In 1994, he opened the Classics-Reading Promotion Center to train teachers.

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People need to read less of the amateur propaganda on the internet and start reading the classics.

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This knowledge was honed by decades of reading the classics of conservative thought and having spent much of his life publicly debating those whose views were diametrically opposed to his.

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The device also comes pre-loaded with 100 free classics so customers can immediately begin reading.

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For those who prefer reading over gaping, Classics of Golf (classicsofgolf.com) has republished in hardback 69 of the game's literary treasures, including Arnold Haultain's "The Mystery of Golf" (1908) and Bobby Jones's "Golf Is My Game" (1960).

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