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“Always Be An Autodidact”

GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

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Are the History Departments Doing the Sort of Job They Should Be Doing?

The purpose of history is not to march back through the ages, writes Neil. He says students should always be an ausodidact - even if they are at university. 'All too often students just take what they're assigned to read,' he adds. "They don't really explore"

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