Conclusion
I have presented some of the problems on which the Orton Society has labored during the past three decades and some of the issues needing battle in the next three.
Much has happened in the past 30 years. Many of the dreams of Orton and of the Society have been realized. But I do not think anyone will wish to rest for long, for the victories have brought new problems. And so, to borrow a few words from Dr. Samuel Torrey Orton: if we continue to be “sufficiently keen” and prove ourselves “clever enough,” it would seem that the labors of our next 30 years may be as fruitful, and even more so, than those of our first thirty.
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Chall, J.S. On reading: Some thoughts on the old and the new. Bulletin of the Orton Society 29, 6–16 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02653728
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