The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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... 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 recog- nition of this process is not new . Selections from the world's best writings are as ...
... 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 recog- nition of this process is not new . Selections from the world's best writings are as ...
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... 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 . But it is hoped that it may find a valued ...
... 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 . But it is hoped that it may find a valued ...
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... thought connected with the preparation of a Library like this is the enormous influence which it is capable of exerting . It is not one book , or a dozen books , but the carefully distilled quintessence of a thousand ! It is a ...
... thought connected with the preparation of a Library like this is the enormous influence which it is capable of exerting . It is not one book , or a dozen books , but the carefully distilled quintessence of a thousand ! It is a ...
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... thought , and therefore do honor to the living as well as the dead . As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their pub- lic monuments and inscriptions , they should be ...
... thought , and therefore do honor to the living as well as the dead . As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their pub- lic monuments and inscriptions , they should be ...
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... thought to another , ' Surely , ' said I , ' man is but a shadow , and life a dream . ' Whilst I was thus musing , I ... thoughts by those transporting airs which he played , to taste the pleasures of his conversation , as I looked upon ...
... thought to another , ' Surely , ' said I , ' man is but a shadow , and life a dream . ' Whilst I was thus musing , I ... thoughts by those transporting airs which he played , to taste the pleasures of his conversation , as I looked upon ...
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