 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.  American Annals of Education - Página 391839Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 páginas
...conceal nothing ; if you mistake them they never grumble ; if you are ignorant they cannot laugh at you. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books great men talk to us and give us their most precious thoughts. Books are the true... | |
 | Daniel Greenleaf Thompson - 1884 - 630 páginas
...precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.' 3 ' It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...the reach of all. In the best books great men talk tons, give us their most precious thoughts and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.... | |
 | Lucy A. Chittenden - 1884 - 200 páginas
...especially if long and differently modified, must be separated from each other by the comma: as — In the best books great men talk to us, give us their...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Rule 21.— If the clauses of the compound sentence are short, or if they are closely connected, the... | |
 | Book-lover - 1884 - 530 páginas
...we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds ; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all. — Memoires, &*c. JOHN AIKIN. 1747 — 1822. At the head... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1884 - 526 páginas
...we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds ; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all. — Jlfemoires, &°c. JOHN AIKIN. 1747 — 1822. At the... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 páginas
...and allays the passions, and find* employment for moat of the vacant boon of life.— ADDISON. (jod be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and nmke us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Bookut are the true leveller*. They give to all who... | |
 | Lucy A. Chittenden - 1884 - 198 páginas
...especially if long and differently modified, must be separated from each other by the comma: as — In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most psecious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Rule 21.— If the clauses of the compound sentence... | |
 | Gabriel Compayré - 1885 - 650 páginas
...calling forth a people's mind, we shall impoverish and starve them, is to be frightened at a shadow." " It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls 1 There should be added to these the works of Swiss, Italian, and French educators, particularly of... | |
 | Gabriel Compayré - 1885 - 650 páginas
...calling forth a people's mind, we shall impoverish and starve them, is to be frightened at a shadow." " It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour then- souis 1 There should be added to these the works of Swiss, Italian, and French educators, particularly... | |
 | 1893 - 376 páginas
...the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. In the best books men talk to us and give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Remember, we know well only the great nations whose books we possess ; of the others we know nothing,... | |
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