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Gun Safety c. 1845

Gun Safety c. 1845

‘Never leave this rifle unloaded, sons. A rifle must always be ready to shoot.”

from Little House in Brookfield by Maria Wilkes

 

 

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  • I read parts of Manguel’s book for a course on the History of the Book a few years ago and highly recommend it. There’s an explanation in a chapter on learning to read where he discusses Jewish rituals surrounding the initiation of children into reading. Words are written on a slate, read by the teacher, repeated by the student, covered in honey and licked clean by the child, thus assimilating the word. Fascinating!

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