...best of it all is already within the four walls of my study at home. . . . "The three practical rules which I have to offer are, 1. Never read any book...any but what you like, or, in Shakespeare's phrase, — Emerson has a good deal to say about conversation in his essay on Clubs, but nothing very notable...

...you have read preceding writers. Perhaps you remember Emerson's three rules for choosing books : "i. Never read any book that is not a year old ; 2. Never...famed books; 3. Never read any but what you like." These are golden rules. Let us consider them a moment. If you wait till the brand-new book is a year...

...best of it all is already within the four walls of my study at home. . . . "The three practical rules which I have to offer are, 1. Never read any book...not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. ;>. Never read any but what you like, or, in Shakespeare's phrase, — " ' Xo profit goes where is...

...rules, which I have had occasion to criticise in another place, seem to be of the former class. They are : 1. Never read any book that is not a year old....Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. They are suggestions " How not to do it," of course ; cautions rather than...

...three rules, now well known, for the guidance of the young in reading. He says : " 1. 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." These rules are subject to modification in practice. Dr. Geikie says : " It is a mere affectation to...

...his memory on a crowd of mediocrities. . . . The three practical rules which I have to offer are : i. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read anyjbut what you like ; or, in Shakspeare's phrase, — ^ ' No profit goes where is no pleasure ta'en...

...no mean books;" and then, in more definite language, he lays down his three well-known rules : " i. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never...famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like." The first of these rules is clearly not to be followed in every case. It is, indeed, modified by the...

...2. That it is uncertain; 3. That it may impair the object sought ; 4. That experience is against it. The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer,...famed books ; 3. Never read any but what you like. — Emerson. Evolution involves, then, these two fundamental ideas: struggle for self, and struggle...

...intelligently carried out, such a plan will double the value of a book. Emerson's Famous Rules for Reading. 1. " Never read any book that is not a year old. 2....famed books. 3. " Never read any but what you like." Miscellaneous Hints About Reading. i. Always read the author's preface before beginning his book. It...

...materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. — LOCKE. The three practical rules I have to offer are : 1. Never read any book that...famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like. — EMERSON. The most instructive reading for a person of any age, old or young, is that in which the...