I contend that a 'Return to Truth' is necessary for a Return to Virtue and other Noble Attributes---the question arises, 'HOW are we to Return to Truth, where >How< is 'by what means' ? .
I confess, I had NO LOVE for "American History", not in Grade School, not in Junior High, nor High School , but I was FORCED to take American History in college , and fortunately, I took Mrs. Cowden's American History Class, a Class I never "cut" .
She was Beautiful . She was a glasses wearing Brunette, ALWAYS attired in the most recent PROFESSIONAL Fashion, and she ALWAYS wore high heels . She was statuesque and COMMANDING . Thing is, she had a GREAT >Voice<, easy to listen to ---MELLIFLUOUS as they say---plus, she'd just had a Text published and it was part of our Instruction . She was "ALL THAT" and then some . Somehow, she "made" American History >>>>>>>>not just Interesting but INTENSELY Interesting, a SOMETHING only GREAT TEACHERS can accomplish . Every Class was FILLED, every desk/chair always occupied . We LOVED her .
I supply her "Reading List" because it expresses "bona fides" ; The Structure of American History, The Huron--Farmers of the North, The Era of Reconstruction--1865 to 1877, The Birth of the Republic 1763 to 1789, Myths and Realities - Societies of the Colonial South, The Jacksonian Persuasion, and her {Magnificent Beauty} Slavery In America which was co-authored by Richard O. Curry .
She Cured my disease {DIS Ease}, the almost CONTEMPT for American History and those who manufactured it --- behind THAT a raw and intoxicating HATRED for Slavery, the remnants of which CONTINUE to "Plague" me "to this day" .
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