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"Ineducation," saysHerbertSpencer,",,-instruction;andthattoachievethebestresultseachmindmustprogresssomewhatafterthesamefashion,iscontinuallyprovedbythemarkedsuccessofself-mademen."
"Mybooks,"saidThomasHood,"keptmefromthering,thedog-pit,thetavern,,themindaccustomedtothenoblethroughsilentdiscourseofShakespeareandMilton,willhardlyseekorputupwithloworevilcompanyorslaves."
"WhenIgetalittlemoney," saidErasmus,"Ibuybooks,andifanyisleft,Ibuyfoodandclothes."
"Noentertainmentissocheapasreading," saysMaryWorleyMontague,"noranypleasuresolasting." Goodbookselevatethecharacter,purifythetaste,taketheattractivenessoutoflowpleasures,.
Theconversationofamanwhoreadsforimprovementorpleasurewillbeflavoredbyhisreading;butitwillnotbeabouthisreading.
Perhapsnootherthinghassuchpowertoliftthepooroutofhispoverty,thewretchedoutofhismisery,tomaketheburden-bearerforgethisburden,thesickhissufferings,thesorrowerhisgrief,thedowntroddenhisdegradation,,companionstothedeserted,joytothejoyless,hopetothehopeless,goodcheertothedisheartened,,andsunshineintoshadow.
"Twenty-fiveyearsago,whenIwasaboy," ,"aschool-fellowgavemeaninfamousbook,,,butIbelievethatIshallcarrydownwithmetothegravethespiritualdamageIreceivedduringthosefifteenminutes."
DidHomerandPlatoandSocratesandVirgileverdreamthattheirwordswouldechothroughtheages,andaidinshapingmen'slivesinthenineteenthcentury?.
Howimportant,then,istheselectionofbookswhicharetobecomeapartofyourbeing.
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