more constantly neglected. Some
readers see only a flat surface as they
read; others find the book a door
into a real world, and forget that
they are dealing with a book. The
real readers get beyond the book, into
the life which it describes. They
see the island in "The Tempest;"
they hear the tumult of the storm;
they mingle with the little company
who, on that magical stage, reflect
all the passions of men and are
brought under the spell of the high-
est powers of man's spirit. It is a
significant fact that in the lives of
men of genius the reading of two or
three books has often provoked an
immediate and striking expansion
of thought and power. Samuel
Johnson, a clumsy boy in his father's
bookshop, searching for apples, came
upon Petrarch, and was destined

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