The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession: An Address Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, at Its Thirtieth Anniversary, Nov. 13, 1850

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Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 47 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 26 - I admit that genius and learning are sometimes found in combination with gross vices, and not unfrequently with contemptible weaknesses ; and that a community at once cultivated and corrupt is no impossible monster. But it is no overstatement to say, that, other things being equal, the man who has the greatest amount of intellectual resources is in the least danger from inferior temptations, — if for no other reason, because he has fewer idle moments. The ruin of most men dates from some vacant...
Σελίδα 27 - ... affectionate, sympathetic, and warm-hearted. If there be a young man thus circumstanced within the sound of my voice, let me say to him, that books are the friends of the friendless, and that a library is the home of the homeless. A taste for reading will always carry you into the best possible company, and enable you to converse with men who will instruct you by their wisdom, and charm you by their wit; who will soothe you when fretted, refresh you when weary, counsel you when perplexed, and...
Σελίδα 24 - And yet, (said I) people go through the world very well, and carry on the business of life to good advantage, without learning." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors. "_ He then called to the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts ?" " Sir, (said the boy) I would give what I have.
Σελίδα 24 - What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" "Sir, (said the boy) I would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, "Sir...
Σελίδα 24 - Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and we gave him a double fare. Dr Johnson then turning to me, "Sir (said he) a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being, whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.
Σελίδα 35 - But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt, knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been; a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets, Saturn the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter the planet of civil society and action.
Σελίδα 36 - I confess that increasing years bring with them an increasing respect for men who do not succeed in life, as those words are commonly used.
Σελίδα 21 - We cannot linger in the beautiful creations of inventive genius, or pursue the splendid discoveries of modern science, without a new sense of the capacities and dignity of human nature, which naturally leads to a sterner self-respect, to manlier resolves and higher aspirations. We cannot read the ways of God to man as revealed in the history of nations, of sublime virtues as exemplified in the lives of great and good men, without falling into that mood of thoughtful admiration, which, though it be...
Σελίδα 27 - ... the approach of evening brings with it an aching sense of loneliness and desolation, which comes down upon the spirit like darkness upon the earth. In this mood, his best impulses become a snare to him ; and he is led astray because he is social, affectionate, sympathetic, and warm-hearted. If there be a young man, thus circumstanced, within the sound of my voice, let me say to him, that books are the friends of the friendless, and that a library is the home of the homeless. A taste for reading...
Σελίδα 11 - The pretended rights of these theorists are all extremes, and in proportion as they are metaphysically true they are morally and politically false. The rights of men are in a sort of middle, incapable of definition but not impossible to be discerned.

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