“There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view.” ShouldFirstsTwoBookLiteratureViewsEmotionStudyStudentsMethodPoint Of ViewThoughts And EmotionsWorkmanship Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
“I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry.” PassionLiteratureGivenFictionStudyImagineStudentsExtraordinaryImagine ThatEnglish LiteratureLove Passion Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
“Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become a study for archaeologists...but it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio.” Has BeensStatesWholeCitiesStudyTaxesBuriedFraudAshesNew OrleansOhioCrumblingArchaeologists Author:Lafcadio Hearn
“For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.” ReasonWould BeLiteratureStudyRelationIncompleteEnglish LiteratureGeneral EducationGeneral Knowledge Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
