 | 1889 - 744 páginas
...Hamilton wrote, there is nothing great in Nature but man, and nothing great in man but mind. And ' in the best books great men talk to us, give us their...They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and they make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 páginas
...by all sane creatures ! CARLYLE : To S. Austin Allibonc, l8M July, 1859. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...invaluable means of communication are in the reach «f all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us [heir most precious thoughts, and pour iheir... | |
 | Thomas Aspden - 1877 - 200 páginas
...has passed away, is ajain bright in its proper position " (Johnson}. — "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Gnd be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of tho... | |
 | 1896 - 712 páginas
...a 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... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 páginas
...WORDS AND PHRASES, with Explanations, ... 377 SIXTH EEADEE. ON BOOKS. 1. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts and pour... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 páginas
...best society, in the place where I live. /. CHANNINO — On Self-Culture. It is chiefly through books y, music and art; We may live without conscience,...He may live without books, — what is knowledge bu g. CHANNING — On Self- Culture. And as for me, though than I könne but lyte, On bokes for to rede... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 páginas
...best society, in the place where I live. /. CHAXXING— On Self-Culture. It is chiefly through books rd of Jove, stoop'd from his airy tour, Two birds...Bk. XI. Line 184. Bird of the broad and sweeping ua their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. J. CHANSLNO— On Self-Culture. And... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 páginas
...best society, in the place where I live. /. CHANNINO— On Self- Culture . It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to ия, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. g. CHANNLNG — On Self-Vulture.... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 páginas
...symphonies, extol, orient, quaternion, perpetual, multiform. 41. BOOKS. 1. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Gk>d' be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the... | |
 | Book-lover - 1883 - 336 páginas
...readers of the present generation.] DR. W1LL1AM ELLERY CHANN1NO. 1786—1849. It is chiefly tbrough books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds ; and...talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and poor their souls into ours. Ood be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead,... | |
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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. 
