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Show Th. Iilbl. tlrtu Whatovcr other books you read or neglect to reid, let me entreat you to ' giro yourselves thoroughly and systematically system-atically to the maattry of that which li the oldest, the greatest and the beat of ill-the Dlhle. Our literature owei more to It thin to any other, and however literary we may be, we ihall only enjoy It the more. Here are the earliest historic!, the noblest lyrics, the loftiest philosophy, the most honest hon-est olographic!, and the most earneit lettera that were ever penned. And besldee all these other attraction! here li the portraiture of perfect life, the exposition of true rcllilon, and the proclamation of the only atonement for the elm of men. Other booka are treei of knowledge, bearing a mixture of good and evil on their branches, thla li the tree of life, whose very leaves are for the healing ot the nation!. na-tion!. William M. Taylor. |