tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post2674251823164600008..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: WILLIAM JAMES In the Maelstrom of American ModernismJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-42608424779866949772010-05-28T00:38:01.057+03:002010-05-28T00:38:01.057+03:00I remember (some) novels more than non-fiction. B...I remember (some) novels more than non-fiction. But some books of history seem to have greater sticking power than others, although the general background seems to stay with me. I think I read this one with the NY Times reading group.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-63886706166874272352010-05-27T23:27:51.386+03:002010-05-27T23:27:51.386+03:00The only books I remember are the ones I study.The only books I remember are the ones I study.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343768762996537750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-55836068596040478742010-05-27T20:07:32.467+03:002010-05-27T20:07:32.467+03:00I need to reread that book. I remember really lik...I need to reread that book. I remember really liking it when I read it, but remember very little about it now. Not sure if that's the book, or just me....avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-19643520217475921082010-05-26T04:56:09.204+03:002010-05-26T04:56:09.204+03:00James comes across as something of a fool in The M...James comes across as something of a fool in The Metaphysical Club. He was hopelessly indecisive.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343768762996537750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-49251889010450993482010-05-24T16:51:51.413+03:002010-05-24T16:51:51.413+03:00I was never a big reader of biography, but after j...I was never a big reader of biography, but after joining up with you all at the Times I learned to enjoy them -- and I really learned a lot from reading them. <br /><br />I think I have this bio of James. Richardson is the writer I've been wanting to read. He wrote the bios of Emerson and Thoreau I mentioned earlier, and is supposed to be great. Apparently he reads everything the person avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com