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Virtually every subject is most effectively learned directly from the greatest thinkers, historians, artists, philosophers, scientists, prophets and their original works. Great works inspire greatness.
Mediocre or poor works inspire mediocre or poor learning. The great accomplishments of humanity are the key to quality education. The conveyor belt emphasizes textbooks that are too often just "dumbed down" summaries of rote knowledge.
A "classic" is a work worth studying over and over again, because the student learns more each time. There are classics in each and every field --from history, science and literature to computer design, gene-mapping and the digital age, and even surfing, cycling, gardening and so forth.
Watch the Daily Inspire! for the next several days for the 6 Reasons to Study the Classics...
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Definition of a Classicd 
