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Instead of educating the I.Q., we need to educate the H.Q., the heart quotient, the matters of truth, love, justice, and compassion. There are two ways to do this. One is through the read life experiences and the other is through literature. Literature has the power to take us outside ourselves and returns to ourselves a changed self.

Jim Trelease

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Jim Trelease
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 23
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James Joseph Trelease
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