Chapter V -- The Feeling for Literature

The importance of reading habit-
ually the best books becomes
apparent when one remembers that
taste depends very largely on the
standards with which we are familiar,
and that the ability to enjoy the best
and only the best is conditioned upon
intimate acquaintance with the best.
The man who is thrown into constant
association with inferior work either
revolts against his surroundings or
suffers a disintegration of aim and
standard, which perceptibly lowers
the plane on which he lives. In
either case the power of enjoyment

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