Show comments from dixie by E A DAVIS cleveland tenn books may be likened to the mag ic key that opens all the doors of life couched in the smooth flowing vibrant words of the poet they are pictures are windows to any lands but a book is a door that ready stands to him who will open and go out side where the rivers and plains are free and wide pictures are windows through wh ich we look but the door of the world is just a book according to emerson when we meet a man of rare intellect we sh ask him hun what books he reads A good share of his greatness gie gi atness comes f om orn the legacy of books handed cown to him by preceding gener actions As addison so aptly phrased i bool s are the legacies that a r sat eat genius leaves to mankind wh i a e delivered deh vered down from gener tion to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn this modern era offers i amous opportunities to young peo lie but the most precious is the op to own and read good looks A few cents outlay will get most any of the VITAL books it is a remarkable phenomenon that any young man or woman today will ne gleet to gather a few of the world worlds s greatest volumes and cultivate a taste for them they are not lux uries they are necessities their value lies in what we see through them the world in which we live is exceedingly complex and extra ordin airily interesting in the maize and labyrinths of experience good books will help us extract content ment accomplishment and satis faction the influence of the world worlds s be t society may be had in the books tey have written would you like to converse with tae wie and great of all ages you may the inspired writers of the bible the historians biographers and poets of the past and present are so many voices telling us what multitudes have said and done and thought and what they have gained or lost because of their words and deeds and thoughts an ever increasing appreciation of the value the charm and the power of good books guarantees a contin ual growth in taste and culture th noigh them tiem also our own eyes are opened and our souls are inspired books are boats loaded with a argo of ideas the most valuable able goods and vital wealth of the world tl TI e camf earn floating down the stream of tim it nay may be from distant days a d far larda lard and various dunes climes and bring us freight infinitely more precious than the silks of india or the spices of araby or all the ivory ard diamonds and gold of africa yet are they so plentiful and cheap 1 r t ro one is so poor but may be rica in this treasure books are the throbbing brains of thinkers that are gone they are the vital arter ies through which the thoughts and deeds the visions and victories of men of genius pour into our minds so that we see through their eyes and think with their thoughts and are strong with their strength and rise on the wings of their spirits books are battalions of words which in their massed might are charged with mysterious and almost miraculous power of molding and merging many and even millions of minds into one thought and pur pose and life they resurrect the past and create the future the seep of kings and emperors are puny playthings compared with these mag ic wands with all your getting get some ome books read them meditate upon them hug them to your hearts hea r t s until they soak unto your so souls U s and make you wise and rich and strong |