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 is the ease of a mind well disciplined and well stored , a mind inured to cumulative effort , a mind supple and responsive , that has mastered the technique of study , that enjoys , within a radius however small , the prestige of ...
It is the ease of a mind well disciplined and well stored , a mind inured to cumulative effort , a mind supple and responsive , that has mastered the technique of study , that enjoys , within a radius however small , the prestige of ...
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Somebody has said of Montaigne : “ He had the faith of a Christian , the mind of a sceptic and the body of a pagan . ” Assuming the truth of that pithy characterization , we can see that Montaigne was much like many of us today ...
Somebody has said of Montaigne : “ He had the faith of a Christian , the mind of a sceptic and the body of a pagan . ” Assuming the truth of that pithy characterization , we can see that Montaigne was much like many of us today ...
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The manifestations of the group mind which imperil a man's inner freedom do not take the form of sumptuary legislation . Their workings are more subtle and more potent . The group mind - largely through mere inertia , partly through ...
The manifestations of the group mind which imperil a man's inner freedom do not take the form of sumptuary legislation . Their workings are more subtle and more potent . The group mind - largely through mere inertia , partly through ...
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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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