 TIMES. It was some time within a month of our present writing that the Hon. John Morley (one of the most scholarly among British political leaders) said, in inaugurating a free library in some Scottish town, — "The purpose [of good reading] is to bring...  Counsel Upon the Reading of Books - Page 90edited by - 1900 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1903 - 1028 pages
...dedication of a public library a few years ago declared that the object of libraries and books was to bring sunshine into our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads ; such a training in the use of libraries as that proposed by Mr. Winsor and Dr. Poole would do very... | |
 | Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor - 1904 - 444 pages
...said, in inaugurating a free library in some Scottish town, — •' The purpose [of good reading] is to bring sunshine into our hearts, and to drive moonshine out of our heads " — to which we say, bravo ! for Mr. Morley. There was a good deal of head moonshine in the days... | |
 | 1904 - 378 pages
...live in an industrial age does not merit to live in any age. "The purpose of literature," says Morley, "is to bring sunshine into our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads." Literature is not handicapped by the division of men into employer and employee; she makes her appeal... | |
 | 1898 - 846 pages
...the habit of being pleased with one another. I shall make a little addition to that — namely "the purpose is to bring sunshine into our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads." But when I am told that there are four persons going into a newsroom for one that goes into a library... | |
 | 1906 - 378 pages
...atmosphere of industrialism does not merit living in any age. "The purpose of literature," says Morley, "is to bring sunshine into our hearts and to drive moonshine out of our heads." Literature is not life, but the expression of life. It will not blossom on a field of poverty and indigestion.... | |
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