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My Favorite Books Have A Personality And Complexion As Distinctly Drawn As If The Author's Portrait Were Framed Into The Paragraphs And Smiled Upon Me As I Read His Illustrated Pages.

Despair Snuffs The Sun From The Firmament.

Sleep On Your Writing; Take A Walk Over It; Scrutinize It Of A Morning; Review It Of An Afternoon; Digest It After A Meal; Let It Sleep In Your Drawer A Twelvemonth; Never Venture A Whisper About It To Your Friend, If He Be An Author Especially.

Of Books In Our Time The Variety Is So Voluminous, And They Follow So Fast From The Press, That One Must Be A Swift Reader To Acquaint Himself Even With Their Titles, And Wise To Discern What Are Worth Reading.

Creeds, Like Other Goods, Pass By Inheritance To Descendants.