...Additions from MS. B. reader the following beautiful passage from the Paradise Regained of our great poet. Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what need he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains ; Deep vers'd...

...advancement of knowledge has this condition inseparably attached to 'it, — ' The man who reads, and to hie reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains.' Perhaps an example or two may serve to place this matter in a clearer light : ' Every proposition U...

...what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek 1 ?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep .crsed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge: As cliildren gathering pebbles on the shore. Or, if I would delight my private hours With music...

...false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome: who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed...

...There is no royal road to learning. Long years ago I read in an old book a passage which said, " He who reads incessantly and to his reading brings not a spirit and a judgment equal or superior, uncertain and unsettled still remains, deep versed in books but shallow...

...men refreshed and strengthened him. As he wrote himself : • He who reads Incessantly, and to bis reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or...remains, Deep- versed in books, and shallow in himself. Mindful of that danger, Milton, even when he could read for himself, was careful not to read merely...

...and. truth to tell, that is all you can hope for. READING WITH A PURPOSE. ' BY I1KKTHA VOI.KNTIN K . " Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not...Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in hooks, and shallow in himself." " Knowledge obtained by means of thinking * * is the only kind that...

...Regained's delineation of the unfit reader implies. Tempted with the wisdom of Athens, Jesus responds: who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettl'd still remains, Deep verst...

...her false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However many books Wise men have said are wearisom; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A Spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled sliU remains, Deep versl...

...false resemblance only meets, An empty cloud. However, many books Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed...