 | 1881 - 796 pàgines
...kind of books, and that, if 1 .-ft to himself, he will be quite as likely to take poisonous ment..l food as to take wholesome mental food. Indeed I think...possibly be used by them to their own destruction. The extent to which vicious literature is read by the youth of this country is alarming. Tons upon... | |
 | 1882 - 412 pàgines
...ability to read we put it in his power to read the worst kind of books, and that if left to himself he is quite as likely to take poisonous mental food as to...possibly be used by them to their own destruction." A long text, you say, for what was promised should be a short address. But, fellow teachers, if I should... | |
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... food as to take wholesome mental food. Indeed, I think that, in view of the attractive garb in which vicious literature is clothed, he will be more likely to read to his injury than to his profit. The person, then, who teaches children to read and... 