...which have been transmitted as a priceless possession to our time. " 'Tis an economy of time," he says, "to read old and famed books. Nothing can be preserved which is not good. ... Be sure, then, to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. The...

...and reprinted after a century ! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamanthus had indorsed the writing. 'Tis therefore an economy of time to read old and famed...the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the train. Dr Johnson said, " he...

...reprinted after a century ! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamanthus had indorsed the writing. 'T is therefore an economy of time to read old and famed...the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the train. Dr. Johnson said, "...

...after a century ! — it is as if Minos and llhadamanthus had indorsed the writing. 'T is therefore au economy of time to read old and famed books. Nothing...the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the train. Dr. Johnson said, "...

...reprinted after a century ! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamantlms had indorsed the writing. 'T is therefore an economy of time to read old and famed...Erasmus, More, will be superior to the average intellect. lu contemporaries, it is not so easy to distinguish betwixt notoriety and fame. Be sure, then, to read...

...reprinted after a century ! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamanthus had indorsed the writing. 'T is therefore an economy of time to read old and famed books. Nothing cau be preserved which is not good; and I know beforehand that Pindar, Martial, Terence, Galen, Kepler,...

...Solitude,' says : " In contemporaries, it is not so easy to distinguish between notoriety and fame. I3e sure, then, to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press or the gossip of the hour. . . . The three practical rules I have to offer are these : — 1. Never...

...reprinted after a century ! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamantlms had indorsed the writing. 'T is therefore an economy of time to read old and famed...the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the train. Dr. Johnson said, "...

...reprinted after a century ! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamanthus had indorsed the writing. 'T is O therefore an economy of time to read old and famed...to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press or the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the...

...and reprinted after a century ! — it is as if Minos and Rhadamanthus had indorsed the writing. 'Tis therefore an economy of time to read old and famed books. Nothing can be preserved which is not gotjd ; and I know beforehand that Pindar, Martial, Terence, Galen, Kepler, Galileo, Bacon, Erasmus,...