 Books are the best of things, well used ; abused, among the worst. What is the right use ? What is the one end which all means go to effect ? They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean...  Emerson: And Other Essays - Page 8by John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 392 pages
...world and the soul. Hence the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of all degrees. Books are the best of things, well used ; abused,...go to effect ? They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 394 pages
...world and the soul. Hence the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of all degrees. Books are the best of things, well used ; abused,...go to effect ? They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...and the soul. Hence the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of all degrees. K", Books are the best of things, well used ; abused,...? What is the one end which all means go to effect ? __ They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never 8ee~a~lrooEr£Ean to be warped by its... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 388 pages
...world and the soul. Hence the restorers of readings, the cmendators, the bibliomaniaes of all degrces. Books are the best of things, well used ; abused,...right use ? "What is the one end which all means go to effeet ? They' ^ arc for nothing but tojnspjrc.. I had better never sce a book than to be warped by... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 398 pages
...world and the soul. Hence, the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of all degrees. Books are the best of things, well used ; abused, among the worst. What is the right use 1 What is the one end, which all means go to effect 1 They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1884 - 488 pages
...considers the influence of the past, and especially of books as the best type of that influence. " Books are the best of things well used ; abused among the worst." It is hard to distil what is already a quintessence without loss of what is just as good as the product... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 386 pages
...world and the soul. Hence the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of all degrees. Books are the best of things, well used ; abused,...go to effect ? They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...world and the soul. Hence, the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of " degrees. Books are the best of things, well used ; abused,...go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book, than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit and made... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1892 - 656 pages
...world and the soul. Hence, the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of all degrees. Books are the best of things, well used ; abused,...go to effect ? They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book, than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 574 pages
...next considers the influence of the past, and especially of books as the best type of that influence. "Books are the best of things well used; abused among the worst." It is hard to distil what is already a quintessence without loss of what is just as good as the product... | |
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