Archive - Books You’ve Never Read

April 2025

Cultivation of the Mind

When one learns Latin, one learns something more than just how to speak it.

Apr 30 •

A quote about books from Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (1804-1872)

Apr 24 •

When the Crows Strike With Their Beaks

An anti-war poem by René Ponsard (1826-1894), wrongly attributed to François Ponsard (1814-1867)

Apr 16 •

Why Study the Humanities?

A quote from Émile Amiel's biography of Erasmus

Apr 9 •

March 2025

February 2025

With Baudelaire in Brussels, #14

Nadar throws a party, and admits he cannot understand the poem that Baudelaire dedicated to him. A bombe glacée is served.

Feb 21 •

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