 | 1839 - 648 sider
...to his own, will probably run one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked fr books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 sider
...we enjoy ii intercourse with superior minds ; and these invaluable means of communication are within the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give iis their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books ! They are... | |
 | 1840 - 210 sider
...enjoy intereourse with superior minds, and these individual means of eommunieation are in the reaeh of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most preeious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voiees of... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 sider
...his own, will probably ran one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. 2. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...invaluable means of communication are in; the reach of all. Jn the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls... | |
 | 1841 - 450 sider
...an enlightened renovation of Greece.—Willis's Pencillings by the way. ' 3K THE COMPANY OF BOOKS. IT is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are in the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give their most precious... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 140 sider
...to his own, will probably run one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for hooks. They arc the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 sider
...to his own, will probably run one and the same dull round of thought and action to the end of life. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 sider
...the largest bow, but because self-discipline had taught him how to bend it. — D, Webster. BOOKS. 1. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour... | |
 | Protestant association - 1843 - 480 sider
...it would be contaminated by coming into ordinary contact with human nature. — Muston. BOOKS. — It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us — give us their most precious thoughts, and... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 788 sider
...companion is, To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers." "In the best books great men talk to us, give us their...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." The influences of life are numberless. Even before man's visible life begins the influences surrounding... | |
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of 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 into ours. 
