George Inness and the Battle at Hastings, or Doing Things With Pictures

The Monist 58 (2):216-235 (1974)
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The best books in the world are not the ones that give all the answers. These are books you read, agree with right away or are convinced by, and then that is that, and you do not have any use for them any more. The best books in the world are those that are full of provocative points of view and loose ends, rich examples and inconclusive discussions, and maybe even inconsequences and confusions, for to these books you must return again and again, and their very inconclusiveness makes them take on new aspects every time you return to them with your own new background, and they will always be generous in giving stuff for new considerations and new ideas.

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