This is a model of the summarizing that Sigourney recommends.

Here
Forster restates the main points of his reading in his own words, quotes
word for word where Hodgkin supplies a succinct sentence of his own,
connects each of Hodgkin s points to the woes of the present day, and then
adds a heartfelt commentary on his own emotional reactions to the crumpling of
great empires.
Thomas Merton followed a similar strategy in keeping his own notebooks. In The
Asian Journal, collected from the notebooks kept during the
last part of his life, we find, in the span of three pages, quotes copied from
T. R.V. Murti's The Central Philosophy of Buddhism ("Reflective consciousness is
necessarily the consciousness of the false"), a record of Merton's
morning walk ("I walked and said Lauds under the croptomeria trees on
Observatory Hill, and the chanting came up strong and clear from below. A
man was doing vigorous exercises by the shelter that overlooks the valley . . .
shimmying in the sun"), and Merton's own summary of his reading, incorporating
direct quotes ("Conze comments on the fact that communication
between East and West has not so far done much for philosophy. 'So far
European and particularly British philosophers have reacted by becoming
more provincial than ever before' " ) . 1 2
Classical self-education demands that you understand, evaluate, and react
to ideas. In your journal, you will record your own summaries of your reading; this
is your tool for understanding the ideas you read. This—the mastery of facts—is the
first stage of classical education.

This is a model of the summarizing that Sigourney recommends. Here

Forster restates the main points of his reading in his own words, quotes
word for word where Hodgkin supplies a succinct sentence of his own,
connects each of Hodgkin s points to the woes of the present day, and then
adds a heartfelt commentary on his own emotional reactions to the crumpling of
great empires.
Thomas Merton followed a similar strategy in keeping his own notebooks. In The
Asian Journal, collected from the notebooks kept during the
last part of his life, we find, in the span of three pages, quotes copied from
T. R.V. Murti's The Central Philosophy of Buddhism ("Reflective consciousness is
necessarily the consciousness of the false"), a record of Merton's
morning walk ("I walked and said Lauds under the croptomeria trees on
Observatory Hill, and the chanting came up strong and clear from below. A
man was doing vigorous exercises by the shelter that overlooks the valley . . .
shimmying in the sun"), and Merton's own summary of his reading, incorporating
direct quotes ("Conze comments on the fact that communication
between East and West has not so far done much for philosophy. 'So far
European and particularly British philosophers have reacted by becoming
more provincial than ever before' " ) . 1 2
Classical self-education demands that you understand, evaluate, and react
to ideas. In your journal, you will record your own summaries of your reading; this
is your tool for understanding the ideas you read. This—the mastery of facts—is the
first stage of classical education.

This is a model of the summarizing that Sigourney recommends. Here

Forster restates the main points of his reading in his own words, quotes
word for word where Hodgkin supplies a succinct sentence of his own,
connects each of Hodgkin s points to the woes of the present day, and then
adds a heartfelt commentary on his own emotional reactions to the crumpling of
great empires.
Thomas Merton followed a similar strategy in keeping his own notebooks. In The
Asian Journal, collected from the notebooks kept during the
last part of his life, we find, in the span of three pages, quotes copied from
T. R.V. Murti's The Central Philosophy of Buddhism ("Reflective consciousness is
necessarily the consciousness of the false"), a record of Merton's
morning walk ("I walked and said Lauds under the croptomeria trees on
Observatory Hill, and the chanting came up strong and clear from below. A
man was doing vigorous exercises by the shelter that overlooks the valley . . .
shimmying in the sun"), and Merton's own summary of his reading, incorporating
direct quotes ("Conze comments on the fact that communication
between East and West has not so far done much for philosophy. 'So far
European and particularly British philosophers have reacted by becoming
more provincial than ever before' " ) . 1 2
Classical self-education demands that you understand, evaluate, and react
to ideas. In your journal, you will record your own summaries of your reading; this
is your tool for understanding the ideas you read. This—the mastery of facts—is the
first stage of classical education.This is a model of the summarizing that
Sigourney recommends. Here
Forster restates the main points of his reading in his own words, quotes
word for word where Hodgkin supplies a succinct sentence of his own,
connects each of Hodgkin s points to the woes of the present day, and then
adds a heartfelt commentary on his own emotional reactions to the crumpling of
great empires.
Thomas Merton followed a similar strategy in keeping his own notebooks. In The
Asian Journal, collected from the notebooks kept during the
last part of his life, we find, in the span of three pages, quotes copied from
T. R.V. Murti's The Central Philosophy of Buddhism ("Reflective consciousness is
necessarily the consciousness of the false"), a record of Merton's
morning walk ("I walked and said Lauds under the croptomeria trees on
Observatory Hill, and the chanting came up strong and clear from below. A
man was doing vigorous exercises by the shelter that overlooks the valley . . .
shimmying in the sun"), and Merton's own summary of his reading, incorporating
direct quotes ("Conze comments on the fact that communication
between East and West has not so far done much for philosophy. 'So far
European and particularly British philosophers have reacted by becoming
more provincial than ever before' " ) . 1 2
Classical self-education demands that you understand, evaluate, and react
to ideas. In your journal, you will record your own summaries of your reading; this
is your tool for understanding the ideas you read. This—the mastery of facts—is the
first stage of classical education.