![]() ![]() ![]() The thought runs like this: it is good to be reading these words not on a screen but on a clean white sunlit page not only for the tactile pleasure it gives but also because it is the only way I can be sure that this interaction is just between me and the author of this book. ![]() And while I was doing so I was struck by a thought that maybe creeps into your head as often as it creeps into mine these days. I sat reading Snyder’s own book last week outside in the first spring sunshine. Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone else is saying. Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. The ninth suggestion of his 20-point “how to” guide for resisting tyranny reads as follows: “Be kind to our language. H alfway through this crisply produced little book, Timothy Snyder makes the case for the printed word. ![]()
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