Tipyn o'bob, 1906-1907 . nctorily. Aside from the disciplinary element,there is no reason why a large amount of the reading prescribed shouldnot appeal to personal taste and all of it to intellectual interest, and thusadd the benefit of work pleasurably done. But even granting many acoincidence that might arise in a piece of reading assigned and a piece ofreading voluntarily taken up, the mind ought not to leave dormant itsfaculty of choice, so that when we are no longer in a position to be toldwhat to read, it may be strong and sure in the full exercise of its powers. There are countless home
Tipyn o'bob, 1906-1907 . nctorily. Aside from the disciplinary element,there is no reason why a large amount of the reading prescribed shouldnot appeal to personal taste and all of it to intellectual interest, and thusadd the benefit of work pleasurably done. But even granting many acoincidence that might arise in a piece of reading assigned and a piece ofreading voluntarily taken up, the mind ought not to leave dormant itsfaculty of choice, so that when we are no longer in a position to be toldwhat to read, it may be strong and sure in the full exercise of its powers. There are countless homely ways in which one can foster this 22 TIPYN OBOB individual reading, if it may be so called—lists, the brevity of which putsone to shame, the book always lying at hand on the table with a con-venient mark where one left off—but the method must suit the individualas the book itself does. The important thing is not to grow lax, not togrow desultory in this question of our reading habit. DULCI FISTULA.
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