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Books, we know, are almost innumerable; our hours for reading are, alas! very few.
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How thankful we ought to be for these inestimable blessings, for this numberless host of friends who never weary, betray, or forsake us!
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In reading, however, it is most important to select subjects in which one is interested.
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It is wonderful how much innocent happiness we thoughtlessly throw away.
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To any lover of books the very mention of these names brings back a crowd of delicious memories, grateful recollections of peaceful home hours, after the labors and anxieties of the day.
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So far is a thorough love and enjoyment of travel from interfering with the love of home, that perhaps no one can thoroughly enjoy his home who does not sometimes wander away.