Replying to LO29296 --
Thank you, At, for the Benjamin Franklin autobiography at:
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/bfranklin/franktxt.htm .
What a pleasure to read. This excerpt of an early learning organization
by design caught my eye:
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[snip]
I should have mentioned before, that, in the autumn of the preceding
year, I had form'd most of my ingenious acquaintance into a club of
mutual improvement, which we called the JUNTO; we met on Friday
evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his
turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals,
Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the company; and
once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on
any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a
president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after
truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory; and, to
prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct
contradiction, were after some time made contraband, and prohibited
under small pecuniary penalties. [snip]
----- end of quoted material -----
It was interesting to read how JUNTO became a vehicle for introducing new
ideas to the larger community.
Grins,
Dan
--"Heidi and Dan Chay" <chay@alaska.com>
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