The Teacher's Life Should Have Three Periods,

A Library Represents The Mind Of Its Collector, Fancies And Foibles, Strengths And Weaknesses, Prejudices And Preferences.

The True Poetry Of Life: The Poetry Of The Commonplace, Of The Ordinary Man, Of The Plain, Toil-worn Woman, With Their Loves And Their Joys, Their Sorrows And Their Griefs.

Too Many Men Slip Early Out Of The Habit Of Studious Reading, And Yet That Is Essential.

Take The Sum Of Human Achievement In Action, In Science, In Art, In Literature Subtract The Work Of The Men Above Forty, And While We Should Miss Great Treasures, Even Priceless Treasures, We Would Practically Be Where We Are Today ... The Effective, Moving, Vitalizing Work Of The World Is Done Between The Ages Of Twenty-five And Forty.

Live Neither In The Past Nor In The Future, But Let Each Day's Work Absorb Your Entire Energies, And Satisfy Your Widest Ambition.