 | Books - 1907 - 156 pages
...Roscommon. — Choose an author as you choose a friend. * * * Emerson. — In the highest civilisation the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfaction is provided with a resource against calamity. * * * Johnson. — A man ought to read just... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1975 - 622 pages
...see it grow throughout our country. Mrs. McNAMARA. Yes. May I just add one tiny thing, and that is to quote Ralph Waldo Emerson, "In the highest civilization...still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfaction is provided with a resource against calamity." Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. FLOOD. Emerson... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 552 pages
...the most accessible and wisest of counselors, ind the most patient of teachers. — Charles W. Eliot In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfaction is provided with a resource against calamity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson I cannot live without... | |
 | Education - 1899 - 844 pages
...without loquacity, ft comes to your longing •with full instruction, but pursues you never. — Beecher. In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfaction is provided with a resource against calamity. — Emerson. All that mankind has done,... | |
 | Agriculture - 1899 - 760 pages
...around our daily path." Kingsley: "Except living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book." Emerson: "In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight. " Milton, Gladstone, Channing, and a host of illustrious men, have given similar testimony. It has... | |
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Is Fundamental is remedying this need in a unique way, and it is motivating not only children to read but also their parents to follow suit. It is a powerful program and I should like to see it grow throughout our country. Mrs. McNAMARA. Yes. May I just... 