In Listening Mood She Seemed To Stand,

Those Who Are Too Idle To Read, Save For The Purpose Of Amusement, May In These Works Acquire Some Acquaintance With History, Which, However Inaccurate, Is Better Than None.

Well, Then--our Course Is Chosen--spread The Sail-- Heave Oft The Lead, And Mark The Soundings Well-- Look To The Helm, Good Master--many A Shoal Marks This Stern Coast, And Rocks, Where Sits The Siren Who, Like Ambition, Lures Men To Their Ruin.

But Search The Land Of Living Men, Where Wilt Thou Find Their Like Again?

Ridicule Often Checks What Is Absurd, And Fully As Often Smothers That Which Is Noble.

All Men Who Have Turned Out Worth Anything Have Had The Chief Hand In Their Own Education.