| William Ellery Channing - 1852 - 106 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...into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the Toices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are... | |
| 1852 - 452 páginas
...experience from the past, to aid us in the future. Says Dr. Channing : "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...communication are in the reach of all. In the best books good men talk to us — give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be... | |
| 1852 - 844 páginas
...experience from the past, to aid us in the future. Soys Dr. Channing : "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...communication are in the reach of all. In the best books good men talk to us — give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be... | |
| George Willis - 1853 - 322 páginas
...practice, as Gibbon observes, was too lucrative to expire with the occasion. ADVANTAGES OF A LIBRARY. IN the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and jmiir their souls into ours. Uod be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the... | |
| 1855 - 616 páginas
...feel ourselves, though but for a while, their companions and friends. "In the best books, says one, great men talk to us; give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. They give to us the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race." We feel ourselves their... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1856 - 754 páginas
... • THE CHRISTIAN'S PENNY MAGAZINE. Jtimfr aL % It Is chsesy through heoks that we on;oy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable...communication are in the reach of all. In the best heoks great mon tslk to os, gire U8 their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 páginas
...superior minds, and these invaluahle means of communication are in the reach of all. In the hest hooks, great men talk to us. give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God he thanked for hooks. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual... | |
| 1857 - 784 páginas
...YOU MAY KNOW. — Through books we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable mean» of communication are in the reach of all. In the best...most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into oura. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs... | |
| 1858 - 878 páginas
...they are calculated to confer. • • "It is chiefly through books," observed the late Dr. CnANsixo, "that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...and pour their souls into ours. G-od be thanked for bookt ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of... | |
| Wisconsin - 1859 - 1284 páginas
...blessings they are calculated to confer. "It is chiefly through books," observed the late Dr. CHANGING, ''that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books I They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past... | |
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