 | William Ellery Channing - 1841 - 424 pages
...to his own, will probably run one and the same dull round of thought and action to .the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1841 - 424 pages
...his own, will proba bly run one and the same dull round of thought and ac tion to the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pages
...his own, will probably ran one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. 2. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...invaluable means of communication are in; the reach of all. Jn the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls... | |
 | 1841 - 450 pages
...an enlightened renovation of Greece.—Willis's Pencillings by the way. ' 3K THE COMPANY OF BOOKS. IT is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are in the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give their most precious... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...the largest bow, but because self-discipline had taught him how to bend it. — D, Webster. BOOKS. 1. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour... | |
 | Protestant association - 1843 - 480 pages
...it would be contaminated by coming into ordinary contact with human nature. — Muston. BOOKS. — It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us — give us their most precious thoughts, and... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 pages
...to his own, will probably run one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 786 pages
...companion is, To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers." "In the best books great men talk to us, give us their...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." The influences of life are numberless. Even before man's visible life begins the influences surrounding... | |
 | 1844 - 671 pages
...writers, in his admirable essay on Self-Culture. " It is chiefly through hooks," says Dr. t '¡tunning, gg that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are now in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us. give us their most precious thoughts,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1845 - 424 pages
...to his own, will probably run one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the... | |
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. 
