...die, but it is seldom that all about them perishes. John Milton finely says of a good book, that it is " the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." So, on the contrary, it may bo said of a bad book, that it is the poison of a...

...men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a book. Many a man lives a burden to the earth, but a good...master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." The publication of a book is like the scattering of seed upon the earth. The act...

...complex life. The thoughtful reader will recall Milton's noble passage in the Areopagitica : — " Many a man lives a burden to the earth, but a good...master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Those who write books, who publish books, who collect books, and who read books,...

...kills reason herself—kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden on the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood...master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Of good books, it may be very truly said, " There's nothing ill can dwell in such...

...are able to make wise unto salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus. Milton had said, — " A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose, to a life beyond life." Such emphatically was the Book written by prophets and apostles. After many interesting...

...as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction, of the living intellect that bred them. " A good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit, embalmed, and treasured up, for a life beyond life. but striking at the ethereal essence, the breath of reason itself, slays an...

...intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and, being sown up and down, may chance to...master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss...

...that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to...master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss...

...man, kills a reasonable creature; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself. ... A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." I had rather be the author of Poor Joseph, a little tract, than of Homer's Iliad...

...Hence a book containing the life of a true man is full of precious seed ; to use Milton's words, ' it is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.' Such a book never ceases to exercise an elevating influence, and a power for good....