“All that we have read and learned, all that has occupied and interested us in the thoughts and deeds of men abler or wiser than ourselves, constitutes at last a spiritual society of which we can never be deprived, for it rests in the heart and soul of the man who has acquired it.” MenHeartSoulLastsSpiritualHe ManLibraryDeedsWiserDeprivedHeart And Soul Author:Philip Gilbert Hamerton
“The art of reading is to skip judiciously. Whole libraries may be skipped in these days, when we have the results of them in our modern culture without going over the ground again.” MayArtWholeCultureReadingResultsModernLibraryThese DaysSkipModern Culture Book:The Intellectual Life Source: The Intellectual Life