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" Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge ; As children gathering pebbles on the shore. "
Books and Reading: Or, What Books Shall I Read and how Shall I Read Them? - Page 52
by Noah Porter - 1871 - 378 pages
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The Book of the Epic: The World's Great Epics Told in Story

Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1913 - 538 pages
...brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seekT), Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering...
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The Handbook of Quotations

1913 - 264 pages
...wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains — Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton: Paradise Regained. All rests with those who read. A work or thought la what each makes it to...
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The Joys of Living

Orison Swett Marden - 1913 - 446 pages
...Milton: Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains — Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. If you are anxious to improve yourself, read books which tend to elevate your taste, refine your imagination,...
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How to Study

George Fillmore Swain - 1917 - 82 pages
...power. "Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself." No doubt every one finds himself at times reading merely words or phrases without understanding them,...
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Thoughts on Many Themes

Elizabeth A. Hayes - 1917 - 120 pages
...said : Who reads incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior. Uncertain and unsettled still remains — Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. Animals have proved themselves to be highly endowed with this faculty. Of the undomestic ones, it is...
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The Child, Volume 8

1918 - 630 pages
...about. " who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself." But the power to instruct is made up of other things besides intellectual equipment. There is a factor...
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A Study for the Times: An Inquiry Into Thought and Motices

W. Duncan McKim - 1920 - 344 pages
...of will. Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and genius equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. ' An extreme illustration of what the incompetent may learn from reading is given by the Malay chief...
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The Teaching of English: A New Approach

William Shirley Tomkinson - 1921 - 244 pages
...brings not A spirit and judgement equal or superior (And what he brings, what need he elsewhere seek?), Uncertain and unsettled still remains Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matter, worth a sponge, As children gathering...
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Notices of the Proceedings, Volume 22

Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1922 - 642 pages
...not A spirit and a judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek ?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth A sponge, As children gathering...
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Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the ..., Volume 22

Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1922 - 650 pages
...not A spirit and a judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek ?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering...
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