. On "culture" and "a liberal education" with lists of books which can aid in acquiring them . ON CULTURE AND A LIBERALEDUCATION ON CULTURE ANDA LIBERAL EDUCATION With Lists of Books Which CanAid In Acquiring Them By JESSE LEE BENNETT «< Men go to books not—Heaven forbid—forinstructiony butfor warmth andlight, for athousand new perceptions that struggle in-articulately within themselves■, for the en-largement of their experience, the echo oftheir discords and the companionship ofbeauty and terror for their troubled go to literature for life, for more lifeand keener life, for life
. On "culture" and "a liberal education" with lists of books which can aid in acquiring them . ON CULTURE AND A LIBERALEDUCATION ON CULTURE ANDA LIBERAL EDUCATION With Lists of Books Which CanAid In Acquiring Them By JESSE LEE BENNETT «< Men go to books not—Heaven forbid—forinstructiony butfor warmth andlight, for athousand new perceptions that struggle in-articulately within themselves■, for the en-largement of their experience, the echo oftheir discords and the companionship ofbeauty and terror for their troubled go to literature for life, for more lifeand keener life, for life as it crystallizesinto higher articulateness and deeper sig-nificance. The enlargement and clarifi-cation of mens experience — that is thefunction of literature. Ludwig Lewisohn. BALTIMORE THE ARNOLD COMPANY 1922 Copyright, 1922By JESSE LEE BENNETT AZZ rights reserved Printed in the United States of America at the Press of G. ALFRED PETERS CO. 0££ -1 *22-klA690776 FOREWORD During journalistic experience of fifteenyears, the author of this book has receivedmany scores of letters from men and womenof all ages and classes requesting lists of bookswhich could help them to gain culture ora liberal education,\ This book has been prepared to meet thedemand evidenced by these letters. It seeks to show that there is nothing mys-terious or artificial about culture. It seeksto show that culture is not something tepidand weak to be gained by repression and re-straint, but a thing vigorous and robust to bewon by the unfolding and developing of thewhole nature of the individual. It seeks to show that anyone who suf-ficiently desires can secure a liberal educa-tion without the assistance of colleges or ofteachers. It seeks to direct reading in such fashionthat broad compreonculturealibera00benn
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