This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...you do say, whether it be little or much, shall be your own, your failures will not often occur. And if they did, the determination should be adhered to. Better "to speak five words with your understanding than ten thousand in an unknown tongue." In time the difficulties will be all surmounted, and you will ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...you do say, whether it be little or much, shall be your own, your failures will not often occur. And if they did, the determination should be adhered to. Better "to speak five words with your understanding than ten thousand in an unknown tongue." In time the difficulties will be all surmounted, and you will stand forth a conqueror in the might of your own puissance. And here I would make some suggestions in relation to the proper use of other men's productions; in other words, of Books. It is thought by many judicious persons that the great multiplicity of even good books is one of the evils of the times, so much time being taken up in reading little is left for digesting and ruminating. Without stopping to inquire into the justness of this opinion, we may safely assert that excessive and injudicious reading tends greatly to impair the power of thought. Still, I would be far from discouraging a reading spirit. We can not be men of extensive information without extensive reading. In respect to authors of great and acknowledged excellence, both ancient and modern, I would say to the student in the words of the Roman poet: "Nocturna versate manu, versate diurna." But with this counsel I would join the caution, beware how you read. Whether or not reading is to profit you must depend upon your mental state while reading. If your mind is not awake, and its faculties all alive and susceptible, your profit will be small. The mind should never be passive and listless in reading. If an author is worthy to be perused, active thought will be required to understand and profit by his instructions. We can not understand, as I have already shown, the thoughts of a deep thinker unless we think ourselves. Let the same profound attention be...
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