 | 1926 - 326 halaman
...do library books with a comment to each one as he receives it on some of the interesting articles ? "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...minds, and these invaluable means of communication are within the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts... | |
 | Frank Ellsworth Spaulding, Catherine Turner Bryce, Ernest R. Caverly - 1926 - 488 halaman
...sings. (c) Our little brown spaniel barked loudly and rushed at the stranger. (d) The authors of books talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. (e) And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils. XIV. USE OF COMPOUND SUBJECTS... | |
 | 1904 - 428 halaman
...Bacon said, "some books serve for delight, some for ornament, and some for ability." Channing said, "in the best books great men talk to us — give us...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into' ours." Makers of the American Republic, is a volume of the kind indicated by Channing, and partaking of the... | |
 | 1904 - 428 halaman
...YorkBacon said, "some books serve for delight, some for ornament, and some for ability." Channing said, "in the best books great men talk to us — give us...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours." Makers of the American Republic, is a volume of the kind indicated by Channing, and partaking of the... | |
 | 1910 - 1216 halaman
...best society. The following gem from the pen of Channing may be committed to memory with great profit: all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most previous thoughts, and pour their aouls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of... | |
 | Wayne C. Booth - 1988 - 576 halaman
...today writing in the way that to William Ellery Charming, in 1838, seemed as natural as breathing: "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. ... In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls... | |
 | Helen Granat - 1998 - 182 halaman
...the place of books. They are cheering or soothing companions in solitude, illness, affliction .... In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their precious thoughts and pour their souls into ours. WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING Books are delightful ... If... | |
 | Douglas Groothuis - 2000 - 308 halaman
...conversation with great minds, even when they are not reading.17 As William Ellery Channing noted, "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds." Watchers of television, on the contrary, simply engage in the imitation of proliferating images and... | |
 | J. D. Kroft - 2000 - 310 halaman
...—Baltasar Gmcian Fortune favors the bold. —Cicero —Also see Ambition, Initiative, & Success B OOKS It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. —William E. Channing The New Testament is the best book that ever was, or ever will be, known to... | |
 | Hal Urban - 2006 - 260 halaman
...friend. I want to end this chapter by sharing a few more quotes that all book lovers will appreciate: It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. — WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity,... | |
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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. 
