Rufus Choate Quote

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.


Speech at the dedication of the Peabody Institute (29 September 1854).


Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.