 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.  The Book-lovers' Anthology - Page 17edited by - 1911 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Ellery Channing - 1852 - 106 pages
...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...into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the Toices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are... | |
 | 1852 - 452 pages
...with drawing some practical experience from the past, to aid us in the future. Says Dr. Channing : "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...communication are in the reach of all. In the best books good men talk to us — give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be... | |
 | 1852 - 844 pages
...with drawing some practical experience from the past, to aid us in the future. Soys Dr. Channing : "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse...communication are in the reach of all. In the best books good men talk to us — give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be... | |
 | George Willis - 1853 - 322 pages
...practice, as Gibbon observes, was too lucrative to expire with the occasion. ADVANTAGES OF A LIBRARY. IN the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and jmiir their souls into ours. Uod be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1854 - 844 pages
...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 with superior minds, and these invaluable means o!' communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most... | |
 | 1855 - 616 pages
...feel ourselves, though but for a while, their companions and friends. "In the best books, says one, great men talk to us; give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. They give to us the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race." We feel ourselves their... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1856 - 754 pages
... • THE CHRISTIAN'S PENNY MAGAZINE. Jtimfr aL % It Is chsesy through heoks that we on;oy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable...communication are in the reach of all. In the best heoks great mon tslk to os, gire U8 their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...superior minds, and these invaluahle means of communication are in the reach of all. In the hest hooks, great men talk to us. give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God he thanked for hooks. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual... | |
 | 1856 - 790 pages
...will for ever remember 1860 as the new-birth-year of your soul for EIERNITY. THE COMPANY or 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 us their most... | |
 | 1857 - 784 pages
...YOU MAY KNOW. — Through books we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable mean» of communication are in the reach of all. In the best...most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into oura. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs... | |
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