The Pleasures, the Dangers and the Uses of Desultory ReadingK. Paul, Trench and Company, 1885 - 60 pages |
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The Pleasures, the Dangers and the Uses of Desultory Reading Stafford Henry Northcote Iddesleigh No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 21 - These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights That give a name to every fixed star Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are. Too much to know is to know nought but fame ; And every godfather can give a name.
Page 23 - Idleness is a disease which must be combated ; but I would not advise a rigid adherence to a particular plan of study. I myself have never persisted in any plan for two days together. A man ought to read just as inclination leads him ; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. A young man should read five hours in a day, and so may acquire a great deal of knowledge.
Page 21 - The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears.
Page 50 - Ah ! Freedom is a noble thing ! Freedom makes man to have liking ! Freedom all solace to man gives : He lives at ease that freely lives...
Page 57 - With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the dead; with them I live in long-past years; Their virtues love, their faults condemn, Partake their hopes and fears. And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind.
Page 57 - My days among the dead are passed, Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old : My never failing friends are they With whom I converse day by day. " With them I take delight in weal, And seek relief in woe ; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedewed With tears of thoughtful gratitude.
Page 21 - I might occupy a good deal of your time if I were to set myself to bring together all the judgments that I could find in our great literary works against the pedant. But it would be somewhat beside my mark; for there may be desultory readers who deserve the name of pedant as much...
Page 25 - ... the sacred profession. You are ever to bear in mind that there lies behind that the acquisition of what may be called wisdom; — namely, sound appreciation and just decision as to all the objects that come round you, and the habit of behaving with justice, candour, clear insight, and loyal adherence to fact.
Page 37 - Midsummer Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
Page 28 - Either preach through their noses, or go upon missions. In this way our hero got safely to College, Where he bolted alike both his commons and knowledge ; A reading-machine, always wound up and going, He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing...