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70 Book smart You would deny a man the chance to read about the life of Christ? Thornton once asked Lynchburg’s librarian. She allowed him to study in the basement after that. ForThornton, learning meant growing nearer to God. To worship with the intellect, where intellect was contraband, proved faith. Forty-five heat-whipped summers crawled across the States before I found my way around Chicago with a map borrowed from GranddadThornton. I’d made a new friend.We were past the limits of her West Side block when she asked, What’s that water over there?The Ocean? I laughed. I’d never known such ignorance before. ...

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