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Of all the privileges we enjoy in this nineteenth century there is none, perhaps, for which we ought to be more thankful than for the easier access to books.
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102
So delightful indeed are books that we must be careful not to forget other duties for them; in cultivating the mind we must not neglect the body.
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Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness.
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As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.
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It has been the happy combination of art and science which has trained us to perceive the beauty which surrounds us.
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Education ought not to cease when we leave school; but if well begun there, will continue through life.
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Moreover, whatever our occupation or profession in life may be, it is most desirable to create for ourselves some other special interest.
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Whatever may be the subject of our choice, we shall find enough, and more than enough, to repay the devotion of a lifetime.
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There is, however, a true Music of Nature,--the song of birds, the whisper of leaves, the ripple of waters upon a sandy shore, the wail of wind or sea.
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In endless aspects science is as wonderful and interesting as a fairy tale.
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In short, children should be trained to observe and to think, for in that way there would be opened out to them a source of the purest enjoyment for leisure hours, and the wisest judgment in the work of life.
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Books, we know, are almost innumerable; our hours for reading are, alas! very few.
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How thankful we ought to be for these inestimable blessings, for this numberless host of friends who never weary, betray, or forsake us!
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In reading, however, it is most important to select subjects in which one is interested.
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It is wonderful how much innocent happiness we thoughtlessly throw away.
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To any lover of books the very mention of these names brings back a crowd of delicious memories, grateful recollections of peaceful home hours, after the labors and anxieties of the day.
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The whole world seems richer now that I have found this plant in so noble a landscape.
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Nowhere will you see the majestic operations of nature more clearly revealed beside the frailest, most gentle and peaceful things.
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After listening to it in all kinds of winds, night and day, season after season, I think I could approximate to my position on the mountains by this pine-music alone.
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The most respectful deference is due to doubts originating in pure patriotism and sustained by venerated authority.
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He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that
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To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty.
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I don’t like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself.
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Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.
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No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.