 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 304 pages
...the famed books contain, first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want. But...— i. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like ; or, in Shakspeare's phrase... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 316 pages
...the famed books contain, first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want. But...practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, — 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 8. Never read... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 332 pages
...the famed books contain, first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want. But...practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, — 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 284 pages
...the famed books contain, first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want. But...? The three practical rules, then, which I have to oner, are, — 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 286 pages
...first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Slreet is the gem we want. But in the best circles is the...practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are. — 1- Nsver read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 334 pages
...the famed books contain, first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want. But...standard authors — But who dare speak of such a thing P The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, — 1. Never read any book that is not... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 388 pages
...the famed books contain, first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want. But in the best circles is the best information. If yon should transfer the amount of your reading day by day from the newspaper to the standard authors... | |
 | 1873 - 828 pages
...its tendencies, that they could not occur to a mind in regular communication with its contemporaries. "If you should transfer- the Amount of your reading...by day, from the newspaper to the standard authors ? " To this suggestion of Emerson's, it may be answered, that the loss would be greater than the gain.... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1873 - 492 pages
...tendencies, that they could not occur to a mind in regular communication with its contemporaries. " If you should transfer the amount of your reading...by day from the newspaper to the standard authors ? " To this suggestion of Emerson's it may be answered that the loss would be greater than the gain.... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1873 - 492 pages
...tendencies, that ttiey could not occur to a mind in regular communication with its contemporaries. " If you should transfer the amount of your reading day by day from the newspaper to die standard authors ? " To this suggestion of Emerson's it may be answered that the loss would be... | |
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... stop at the best hotels; for, though they cost more, they do not cost much more, and there is the good company and the best information. In like manner, the scholar knows that the famed books contain, first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now... 
