 They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am. No matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling.  Youth's Magazine - Seite 2161841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 Seiten
...». •" t • - •••••• • • of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls...ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.... | |
 | Roses - 1867 - 172 Seiten
...more than an hour to recover him again. Swift. BOOKS. TN the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls...ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1867 - 842 Seiten
...invaluable means ot communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls...distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual hfe of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the... | |
 | 1870 - 1172 Seiten
...are both too fully employed to spend the whole of every evening in conversation. VALUE OF BOOKS.— God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the...the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levelcrs. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the... | |
 | 1863 - 358 Seiten
...their touls into ovrs. God be thanked for books. They arc the voices of the distant and the dear), and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past, ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, tlte society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 Seiten
...of Self-Culture: In the beat books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, end tory, the destruction of the City and the Temple,...subsequent fortunes were delineated in a cunning levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the... | |
 | Robert Cowtan - 1872 - 444 Seiten
...printing his thoughts. For my own part I have sympathy with William Ellery Channing who says : — " God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, — the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 Seiten
...speaks of books as the powerful means of Self-Culture : In the beet books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls...the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of pa^t ages. Books are the true levelers. They give to .all, who will faithfully use them, the society,... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 Seiten
...of communication are within the reach of all. In the best books great v> men talk to us — give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls...ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1873 - 386 Seiten
...all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their soul into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the...ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.... | |
| |
