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To read too little starves the soul . Hence in the sphere of letters to discriminate and to select is of the first importance . The recognition of this process is not new . Selections from the world's best writings are as old as ...
To read too little starves the soul . Hence in the sphere of letters to discriminate and to select is of the first importance . The recognition of this process is not new . Selections from the world's best writings are as old as ...
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... been sepulchered in monster glaciers on its frozen frame , the soul of literature , rising from its printed words , as music soars above the ivory keys and quivering strings of instruments which gave it voice , will still survive .
... been sepulchered in monster glaciers on its frozen frame , the soul of literature , rising from its printed words , as music soars above the ivory keys and quivering strings of instruments which gave it voice , will still survive .
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Nay , on his deathbed , he describes him as being pleased , that while his soul returned to him who made it , his body should incorporate with the great mother of all things , and by that means become beneficial to mankind .
Nay , on his deathbed , he describes him as being pleased , that while his soul returned to him who made it , his body should incorporate with the great mother of all things , and by that means become beneficial to mankind .
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They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise , to wear out the impressions of their last agonies , and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy ...
They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise , to wear out the impressions of their last agonies , and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy ...
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I have foreknown Clearly all things that should be ; nothing done Comes sudden to my soul ; and I must bear What is ordained with patience , being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture . ĘSCHYLUS 23.
I have foreknown Clearly all things that should be ; nothing done Comes sudden to my soul ; and I must bear What is ordained with patience , being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture . ĘSCHYLUS 23.
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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