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1. Freedom of Speech

The Reith Lectures

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Are You Coming Across a Generation of Tame Books?

In some ways, and when I say we're illiterate, I actually kind of mean it. It's almost as though we have given up the ability to think in complex ways. There are certain things that pass as valid criticism of literature today that I just don't think should be. And one of those things is the reading of characters as somehow sort of societal archetypes.

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