...and reprinted after a century! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamanthus had indorsed the writing. 'T is therefore an economy of time to read old and famed...is not so easy to distinguish betwixt notoriety and fame.1 Be sure then to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do...

...in his ' Society and Solitude," says : " In contemporaries, it is not so easy to distinguish between notoriety and fame. Be sure, then, to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press or the gossip of the hour. . . . The three practical rules I have to offer are these : — I. Never...

...may still be discovered in the pages of a Rogers, Hunt, or Swinburne, and we hear Emerson saying: " Nothing can be preserved which is not good; and I...More, will be superior to the average intellect." The sentiment is reasonably sound, though the congeries of names is curious. It somehow reminds one...

...subject of the next chapter. CHAPTER A Useful Recreation: Advice on Reading in the Age oj Abundance 'Tis therefore an economy of time to read old and famed books. Nothing can be preserved that is not good. . . . Be sure, then, to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip...

...and reprinted after a century !—it is as if Minos and Bhadatnanthas had indorsed the writing. 'Tis therefore an economy of time to read old and famed...fame. Be sure, then, to read no mean books. Shun the spawn-of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn without asking, in the...

...Kepler, Galileo, Baeon, Erasmus, More, will be superior to the average intelleet. In eontemporaries, it is not so easy to distinguish betwixt notoriety...sure then to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of tlie press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what yon shall learn, without asking, in the street...

...eentury ! — it is as if Minos and Hbadniuanthus had indorsed the writing. -T is therefore an eeonomy of time to read old and famed books. Nothing can be preserved whieh is not good ; and I know beforehand that Pindar, Martial, Terenee, Galen, Kepler, Galileo, Baeon,...

...and reprinted after a century! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamanthus had indorsed the writing. 'Tis therefore an economy of time to read old and famed...In contemporaries, it is not so easy to distinguish between notoriety and fame. Be sure, then, to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the 9 press on...

...of life. "Things are what they are, and will be what they will be." ADVICE ABOUT READING. (Emerson.) Be sure, then, to read no mean books, shun the spawn of the press in the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the...