drawn from other sources, but that
culture which means the enrichment
and unfolding of a man's self is largely
developed by familiarity with those
ultimate conclusions of man about
himself which are the deposit of all
that he has thought, suffered, wrought,
and been, -- those deep deposits of
truth silently formed in the heart of
the race in the long and painful work-
ing out of its life, its character, and
its destiny. For these rich interpre-
tations we must turn to art, and es-
pecially to the art of literature; and
in literature we must turn especially
to the small group of works which,
by reason of the adequacy with which
they convey and illustrate these in-
terpretations, hold the first places, --
the books of life.

The man who would get the ripest
culture from books ought to read

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