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A Love of Learning: Speeches of Robert K. Thomas
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Editor’s Preface by Daryl R. Hague

Brief Biography of Robert K. Thomas

The Scholar as Heretic

From Illusion to Light: Avoiding the Myth of Collective Accountability

The Book of Mormon as Hebraic History

“The Search for the Major Premise”

“Where Love and Need Are One”

A Legacy and a Destiny

The Samson Gesture

Radiance, Respect, and Restraint

A Declaration of Dependence

Lift Yourself from a Rut

Semantics and the Gospel

“A Compound in One”

The Desire of Discipline

“Almost Thou Persuadest Me”

Doing the Job

Goals without Goads

Kicking the Habit

“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”

BYU’s Mission to Serve Individuals and Families

The Significance of the University Library

A House of Learning

The Fruit of Their Thoughts

“Which Is to Be Master?”

Slogans to Fail By

Plato’s Honey Head: Facing the Challenge of the Ideal

Insight and Expression: The Double Helix

“Strangers and Pilgrims”: The Challenge of the Real

“A Brother Is Born for Adversity”

The Legacy of the Founders

How Parents Can Teach Patriotism in the Home

Legacy and Fulfillment

The Presence of Hugh Nibley

Religion as It Assists or Fails the Child: The Lord’s Song in a Strange Land

Scholarship’s Uncertain Sound

“Thy People Shall Be My People, and Thy God My God”