Whether a book be read from the oak lectern of a college library, in the parlor window, or beneath the trees of summer, no fruit will be gathered unless the thoughts are steadily given up to the perusal.


Pleasures, Objects, and Advantages, of Literature (4th edition), Chapter X (p. 37)

Robert Aris Willmott Quotes

Whether a book be read from the oak lectern of a college library, in the parlor window, or beneath the trees of summer, no fruit will be gathered...

Whether a book be read from the oak lectern of a college library, in the parlor window, or beneath the trees of summer, no fruit will be gathered...

Whether a book be read from the oak lectern of a college library, in the parlor window, or beneath the trees of summer, no fruit will be gathered...

Whether a book be read from the oak lectern of a college library, in the parlor window, or beneath the trees of summer, no fruit will be gathered...