DEAR SOPHIA,

THE PICTURE IS HERODOTUS. HE IS THE FATHER OF HISTORY. IF I KNOW YOU AS WELL AS I THINK I DO AND I’M PRETTY SURE I DO, YOU ARE AN AVID READER. PROBABLY YOU WILL BE FOUND WITH A BOOK IN YOUR HAND AT MOST TIMES.

SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO READ THREE BOOKS.

1. THE GANG OF THREE (SOCRATES, PLATO AND ARISTOTLE). IT’S ONE BOOK THAT WILL EXPLAIN ALL THREE VERY EASILY FOR YOU. I SUGGESTED IT MANY MONTHS AGO.
2. THE LANDMARK SERIES: HERODOTUS THE HISTORIES
3. THE LANDMARK SERIES: ARRIAN, THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER

IF YOU CAN READ THOSE THREE BOOKS, YOU WILL HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN ANY OTHER STUDENT YOU WILL ENCOUNTER UNTIL YOU GRADUATE COLLEGE. THOSE THREE BOOKS IF I WERE TO SIT DOWN AND TEACH YOU, IT WOULD TAKE ME THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR TO TEACH WHAT’S IN THOSE BOOKS AND STILL YOU WOULD ONLY KNOW ABOUT 25%. SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO READ THESE BOOKS AND TRY AND OUTSMART EVERYONE.

SANDS OF TIME IN THE HOURGLASS ARE STILL WORKING BUT FOR SURE THE SANDS ARE LIMITED.

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LOVE,

DAD

PS. TOMORROW IS A MAJOR HOLIDAY AND YAYA’S NAMEDAY. GET TO CHURCH WHENEVER YOU CAN. (LOVE, DAD)