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Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning

by Robert Littlejohn, Charles T. Evans · 2006

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To succeedin the world today, students need an education that equips them torecognize current trends, to be creative and flexible to respond tochanging circumstances, to demonstrate sound judgment to work forsociety's good, and to gain the ability to communicatepersuasively.

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medium · 224 pages

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