Hugh Blair's Quote - The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of sty

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The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of sty

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible. – Hugh Blair

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Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. – Hugh Blair

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What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it. – Hugh Blair

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man. – Hugh Blair

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My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. – Thomas Helm

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The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practised at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness. – Holbrook Jackson

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Through all of my youth these books were my companions, and now, as I write these lines, after sixty years, they still look down upon me with their old friendliness. – James L. Whitney, “Reminiscences of an Old Librarian,” November 1909

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The alluring influences of bibliophilism, or book-loving, have silently crept into thousands of homes, whether beautiful or humble; for the library is properly regarded as one of the most important features of home as well as mental equipment. – Henry H. Harper, Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs, 1904

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