The BOOK OF VIRTUES
Author: William J. Bennett
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ISBN: 0684835770
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (05 September, 1996)
Sales Rank: 12,674
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
An excellent collection of stories
This book is an excellent collection of stories. The virtues he speaks about in this book sound almost archaic given what is going on in today's society. Self- discipline - does the "me first" genreation even know what that means? Compassion - doesn't exactly equate with "3-strikes you're out." Responsibility - How many dead-beat dads are out there? How many families are putting career first and leaving their children with strangers? These virtues and the others compiled in this book are worthy of being study throughout a lifetime of study. Mr. Bennett has done a great service. One wonders if this is on the reading stand in the White House?
Rating: 5 out of 5
This is an amazing tool with which to teach our children,
which discuss the value of this collection of inspirational, character-building memories from our past. For years I refused to open this book, fearing subjection to dogmatic and pedantic musings from the right (which my advancing age has brought me closer to anyway), however, I have now learned that for years I deprived myself of the opportunity to read a phenomenal gathering of short stories, fables, psalms, poems, biblical passages and insightful reflection, that transcends the narrow constraints of political ideology. This is a fantastic contribution to anyone's personal library and it provides a roadmap to a better way of life. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 1 out of 5
A morally depraved paragon of American virtue.
Too bad the pompous twit who wrote this book didn't pause in his gamboling amid the flesh pots of Vegas, to think about the morals of the stories in this book. Bennett is a preachy, self rightous hypocritical scold. The stories in the book are old gems, beloved by generations and untarished by Bennett's rather common and tacky behavior. Find them at your local library and read them with pleasure, but bypass this book, less it's sales enable further bad behavior on the part of this "moral paragon" of American virtue.
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