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As a conservative-leaning student (35years ago!) this doesn't surprise me at all. It was vividly clear then that anything but the party line invited only misery. Since then, it's been repeatedly demonstrated the situation has only worsened.

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Isn't it sad that educators are rejecting variety in thought...out of fear. A true education opens one's mind to many schools of thought, and provides for discussion and argument. This allows each learner to draw his/her own conclusions based on information, evidence, and/or facts. A true education opens your mind. A closed mind is what we should be afraid of...

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Lucretius’s poem, "De Rerum Natura" is the same poem as "The Nature of Things." The first is the original title in Latin; the second is the English translation.

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Ack! That got messed up in the editing process. Thanks for catching it!

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In Latin, the title is three words, not two. It's not "Dererum Natura"; it's "De Rerum Natura."

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