We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by their novelty, or correct those we already possess.


An Examination of the Advantages of Solitude and of Its Operations on the Heart and Mind (ed. 1808)


We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by their novelty, or correct those we already...

We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by their novelty, or correct those we already...

We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by their novelty, or correct those we already...

We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by their novelty, or correct those we already...