Reading is considered the royal road to intellectual eminence.... Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually.


The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (July 1840)

William Ellery Channing Quotes

Reading is considered the royal road to intellectual eminence.... Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the ...

Reading is considered the royal road to intellectual eminence.... Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the ...

Reading is considered the royal road to intellectual eminence.... Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the ...

Reading is considered the royal road to intellectual eminence.... Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the ...