 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 673 Seiten
...and allays the passions, and find* employment for moat of the vacant boon of life.— ADDISON. (jod be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and nmke us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Bookut are the true leveller*. They give to all who... | |
 | 1893
...of man has found light and nourishment, and an interpreting response to whatever is deepest in him. God be thanked for books ; they are the voices of...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. In the best books men talk to us and give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into... | |
 | William Henry Withrow - 1885 - 160 Seiten
...sentenced to seven years in a penitentiary. CHAPTER XXIV. ABOUT BOOKS. " God be thanked for books I They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages."— CHANNING, On Self-Culture. " A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and... | |
 | Halkett Lord, Richard Halkett - 1888
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Uod be thanked for books I They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. No matter how poor I am; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling;... | |
 | 1888 - 233 Seiten
...great thinker — it is a ship of thought, deepfreighted with truth and with beauty. Theodore Parker. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Clianning. Good books are to the young mind what the warming sun and the refreshing rain of spring... | |
 | 1888
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books I They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Be not Dogmatic. LET well-weighed considerations, not stiff and peremptory assumptions, guide thy discourses,... | |
 | 1889 - 899 Seiten
...and an interpreting response to whatever is Deepest in him. e. CABLYLE — Essays. Corn-Law Rhymes. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual lifo of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all, who v ill faithfully use them, the... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1890 - 310 Seiten
...their most ' precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. (3) God be thanked ' lor books. (4) They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. (5) Books are the true ' levellers. (6) They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1890 - 1060 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 distant and the dead, and make l us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Hooks are the true levellers. They give to all who will... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1890 - 292 Seiten
...their most ' precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. (3) God be thanked ' for books. (4) They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and ' make us heirs of the spiiitual life of past ages. (5) Books are the true ' levellers. (6) They give to all who will faithfully... | |
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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. 
