 | Kansas - 1890 - 690 páginas
...can be wished for is worthy to be compared with it." "God be thanked for books!" says Dr. Channing. "They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs to the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levelers. They give to all who will faithfully... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1890 - 1074 páginas
...and the same dull round , •>f thought and action to the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of commu•vcation are in the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most... | |
 | WILLIAM E. CHANNING, D.D. - 1891 - 1074 páginas
...run one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and....all. In the best books great men talk to us, give i us their most precious thoughts, and pour their . souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They... | |
 | National Speech Arts Association - 1893 - 752 páginas
...high appreciation of the power of books to build a man up. .Said he: " It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. . . . No matter how poor I am, no matter though the prosperous of my time will not enter my obscure... | |
 | Josiah H. Whittier - 1893 - 54 páginas
...pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men." — CARLYLE. " It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." — CHANNING. "You despise books; you whose whole lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the... | |
 | Mildred Cabell Watkins - 1894 - 272 páginas
...excluded from what is called the best society in the place where I live. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their soul into ours. SELF-CULTURE. Thought, in its true sense, is an energy of intellect. All virtue lies... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 páginas
...things, the objects for hopeful labor and for humble love. — John Ruskin. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are within the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts,... | |
 | Mildred Cabell Watkins - 1894 - 234 páginas
...and literary criticisms ; Woman in the Nineteenth Century, best paper. Some Thoughts from Channing. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levelers. They give... | |
 | 1902 - 766 páginas
...controlling influence of books upon their lives. How impressive are the words of Channing when he says : "God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead and make as heirs to the spiritual life of past ages. No matter how poor I am, no matter tho the prosperous... | |
 | 1895 - 290 páginas
...real values. The aim of education is right conduct. — J. AT. Pul rick. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are within reach of all. — Charming. Primary 74etí)ods. A RAINY-DAY LESSON IN THE SCHOOLYARD. BY FKANK... | |
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. 
