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...of the body; and the Life everlasting. Amen. PREFATORY. MERSON gives three rules about reading: " i. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never...famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like." Under the first two directories we are ruled out utterly; but there is something of hope for us in...

...They are not rules for selecting a course of reading, but rules for not reading some» kinds of books. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. Now I have not one word to say against those rules ; indeed, with a trifling...

...They are not rules for selecting a course of reading, but rules for not reading some kinds of books. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. Now I have not one word to say against those rules ; indeed, with a trifling...

...They are not rules for selecting a course of reading, but rules for not reading some kinds of books. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. Now I have not one word to say against those rules ; indeed, with a trifling...

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...choice of books difficult. Mr. Emerson, in his lecture on books, offers three rules: i, never read a book that is not a year old; 2, never read any but...famed books ; 3, never read any but what you like. And these he calls "practical rules." In truth they are practical nonsense. Mr. Emerson also tells...