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" But have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination... "
Language for Men of Affairs - Page 154
1920
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Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Volume 46, Part 1891

Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1892 - 782 pages
...factors in the formation of such an ideal? " Have yon ever rightly considered," says Lowell, " what the ability to read means? That it is the key which admits...To the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and wittiest, at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear...
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St. Nicholas, Volume 32

Mary Mapes Dodge - 1905 - 612 pages
...train of sparkling loveliness, widening as the ship goes on." Lowell likens the ability to read to a key " which admits us to the whole world of thought...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moments." This would make a book, by the same metaphor, a doorway....
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"New Every Morning": A Yearbook for Girls

Annie H. Ryder - 1886 - 200 pages
...20. Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy...wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moments ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to...
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Library Journal, Volume 11

Melvil Dewey, Richard Rogers Bowker, L. Pylodet, Charles Ammi Cutter, Bertine Emma Weston, Karl Brown, Helen E. Wessells - 1886 - 534 pages
...may be, and is, such a short cut to information that will make learning more easily accessible. " But have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination ; to the company of saint and...
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"New Every Morning": A Yearbook for Girls

Annie H. Ryder - 1886 - 200 pages
...no looking up nor reaching out there is no growth nor spiritual attainment. JOSEPHINE POLLARD. 20. Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination, to the company of saint and...
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American Literature, 1607-1885: The development of American thought

Charles Francis Richardson - 1886 - 568 pages
...Amurath to Amurath succeeds " ? Do we know as much of any authentic Danish prince as of Hamlet ? . . . Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination ; to the company of saint and...
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American Literature 1607-1885, Volume 1

Charles Francis Richardson - 1889 - 572 pages
...Amurath to Amurath succeeds " ? Do we know as much of any authentic Danish prince as of Hamltt ? . . . Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination ; to the company of saint and...
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The Student, Volume 7

1887 - 524 pages
...; " it is from thee alone I took that beautiful style -which has done me honor." ALBERT H. VOTAW. " HAVE you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination, to the company of saint and...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 20

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1888 - 594 pages
...rubbish of literature, and too little with the choice thoughts of choice spirits. Reading is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy...saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at the wisest and wittiest moment. It enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear will) the finest ears,...
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The World's Best Books: A Key to the Treasures of Literature

Frank Parsons, Fred Erastus Crawford, H. T. Richardson - 1889 - 156 pages
...and tender as woman, they welcome you in every mood, and never turn from you in distress." Lowell. " Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination, to the company of saint and...
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