small scholarship who have found all
the fruits of culture. The man of
culture is he who has so absorbed
what he knows that it is part of
himself. His knowledge has not
only enriched specific faculties, it
has enriched him; his entire na-
ture has come to ripe and sound
maturity.

This personal enrichment is the
very highest and finest result of in-
timacy with books; compared with
it the instruction, information, re-
freshment, and entertainment which
books afford are of secondary im-
portance. The great service they
render us -- the greatest service that
can be rendered us -- is the enlarge-
ment, enrichment, and unfolding of
ourselves; they nourish and develop
that mysterious personality which
lies behind all thought, feeling, and

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