Living Upstairs: Reading for Profit and PleasureThe author uses the idea of decorating and furnishing an upper room in one's house as an allegory for developing reading habits for profit and recreation. |
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It grows by what it feeds on , for the whole point of the Upper Room is not merely that we know but that we grow . Our bodily growth normally attends to itself ; no man by taking thought can add to his physical stature .
It grows by what it feeds on , for the whole point of the Upper Room is not merely that we know but that we grow . Our bodily growth normally attends to itself ; no man by taking thought can add to his physical stature .
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The half - grown emotional capacities of youth set the standards , and most of us accept them . To be ' popular , ' to be ' attractive to men , ' to be a knockout , or even a ' cute number ' - these are the gauges by which a woman's ...
The half - grown emotional capacities of youth set the standards , and most of us accept them . To be ' popular , ' to be ' attractive to men , ' to be a knockout , or even a ' cute number ' - these are the gauges by which a woman's ...
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If we choose our bedtime book in harmony with those psychological truths we are fairly certain to sleep well and to grow with our slumber . This is rather an important matter , for we spend approximately a quarter of our time in the ...
If we choose our bedtime book in harmony with those psychological truths we are fairly certain to sleep well and to grow with our slumber . This is rather an important matter , for we spend approximately a quarter of our time in the ...
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The Upper Room | 11 |
O A New Life | 25 |
The Chair by the Window | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Living Upstairs: Reading for Profit and Pleasure |
| Autor/in | Francis Meehan |
| Verlag | E. P. Dutton & Company, Incorporated, 1942 |
| Original von | University of California |
| Digitalisiert | 30. Aug. 2007 |
| Länge | 256 Seiten |
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