| Halkett Lord, Richard Halkett - 1888 - 572 páginas
...saiuts, full of true virtue, and without seclusion and imposture, are preserved and reposed."— Bacon. " IN the best books, great men talk to us, give us their...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Uod be thanked for books I They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the... | |
| Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 páginas
...Self-Culture. Address Introductory to the franklin Lectures, Boston, 1838, It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. 503 William Ellery Channin9 : Self -Culture. Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Boston,... | |
| Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 páginas
...Self-Culture. Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Boston, 1838. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...communication are in the reach of all. In the best hooks great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. 503... | |
| Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 páginas
...up and down with me 2. Brother and sister wound their arms around each other and fell fast asleep 3. In the best books great men talk to us give us their...most precious thoughts and pour their souls into ours 4. A strong mind always hopes and has always cause to hope 5. Miss Celia rose as she spoke and led... | |
| Guilford (Conn.) - 1889 - 304 páginas
...of self-culture, says: "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." And that is a good book, says Alcott, " which is opened with expectation and closed with profit." And... | |
| Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 páginas
...up and down with me 2. Brother and sister wound their arms around each other and fell fast asleep 3. In the best books great men talk to us give us their...most precious thoughts and pour their souls into ours 4. A strong mind always hopes and has always cause to hope 5. Miss Celia rose as she spoke and led... | |
| 1895 - 642 páginas
...very low level, worthy only of pygmies and manikins." — "Walden," by Thoreau, written in 1843. " God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead and make us heirs to the spiritual life of past ages. No matter how poor I am, no matter tho' the prosperous of my own... | |
| Joseph A. Graves - 1900 - 170 páginas
...let stream let cxxx. gos'ling dar ling hill ock tus sock o vule glob ule It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Books are the voices of the distant and of the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past... | |
| Alexander Bain - 1890 - 376 páginas
...intercourse with superior 'minds ; and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach ' of all. (2) In the best books great men talk to us, give us their...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. (3) God be thanked ' for books. (4) They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and ' make us... | |
| Alexander Bain - 1890 - 352 páginas
...points where they occur to him. The next paragraph is from Channing : "(1) It is chiefly through hooks that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds ; and...invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. (2) In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most ' precious thoughts, and pour their... | |
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