 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 552 Seiten
...best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are thе true levellers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). School Committee - 1878
...dead. They make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. They are the great levellers of society. They give, to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the companionship, the very spiritual presence, of the greatest and best of our race." But bear in mind... | |
 | John William Clayton - 1857 - 174 Seiten
...intellects of all ages, and their souls are poured into ours. Thank God for books; they are the voice of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past time, as it is not to be found in any encyclopaedia in the United Kingdom. That D is famous for its... | |
 | 1914
...of good books. Channingwell says: 'God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distantand the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Boob are the true levelers. They give to all who will faithfully use them the society, the spiritual... | |
 | Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction - 1858
...books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of...use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No matter though the prosperous of my own time will... | |
 | Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction - 1858
...books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of...use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No matter though the prosperous of my own time will... | |
 | 1858
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. G-od be thanked for bookt ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No matter though the prosperous of my own time will... | |
 | William Hanby Crump - 1858 - 493 Seiten
...thoughts, the innocent mind of youth. How truly spoke the sage of New England, Channing, when he snid : " God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. " The Gifts presented to Purchasers. But the very spirit of the system adopted by Evans, consists in... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858
...with ns, and give us their most precious thoughts. Books are the cot'cee of the distant and the dead. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society and the presence of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am; no matter, though the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 740 Seiten
...imagination, taste and poetry, to preserve men from sinking into an earthly, material, epicurean life. BOOES. the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past apes. Books are the true levellers. They gire to all who will faithfully ase them, the society, the... | |
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God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. 
