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To choose poor , frivolous material impoverishes thought . 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 .
To choose poor , frivolous material impoverishes thought . 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 .
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... portion of the best that men have ever thought and written . It is not meant to be a substitute for all the literary treasures found within our public libraries , or for the special books of reference needed by professional men .
... portion of the best that men have ever thought and written . It is not meant to be a substitute for all the literary treasures found within our public libraries , or for the special books of reference needed by professional men .
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... and stirs its holiest emotions . There is in all good writing worthy of the name a touch of human nature that makes kindred of us all . This he has tried to find , as the prospector seeks the vein of gold . A memorable thought ...
... and stirs its holiest emotions . There is in all good writing worthy of the name a touch of human nature that makes kindred of us all . This he has tried to find , as the prospector seeks the vein of gold . A memorable thought ...
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I could not but be very much delighted with several modern epitaphs , which are written with great elegance of expression and justness of thought , and therefore do honor to the living as well as the dead . As a foreigner is very apt to ...
I could not but be very much delighted with several modern epitaphs , which are written with great elegance of expression and justness of thought , and therefore do honor to the living as well as the dead . As a foreigner is very apt to ...
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As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains , I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another , ' Surely , ' said I , ' man is but a shadow , and life a dream .
As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains , I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another , ' Surely , ' said I , ' man is but a shadow , and life a dream .
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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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