...been written by right-minded and strong-minded men, real thinkers." — William Ellery Channing. " I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books, than a king who did not love reading." — Macaulay. " The light of the sun, the day, and life itself, would be joyless and bitter if I had...

...earliest in date of those which he wrote in prose begins us follows : September 15, 1842. My dear Baba, 1 —Thank you for your very pretty letter. I am always...clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret \vith plenty...

...begins as follows : September 15, 1842. My dear Baba,1 — Thank you for your very pretty letter. I ana always glad to make my little girl happy, and nothing...clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of...

...dinners, and wine, and coaches, and beautiful clothes, and hundreds of servents, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather...plenty of books than a king who did not love reading — Five years later on he writes : — " I must begin sooner or later to call you ' Margaret ; ' and...

...would not be a king. 1 Baba was a pet name for his niece Margaret, derived from the Indian nursery. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading Five years later on he writes : " I must begin sooner or later to call you ' Margaret ; ' and I am...

...and hnndreds of servants, on condition that I wonld not read books, I wonld not be a king. I wonld rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books, than a king who did not love reading — Five years later on he writes: "I mnst begin sooner or * Baba was a pet name for his niece Margaret,...

...make my little girl 1 Baba was a pet name for his niece Margaret, derived from the Indian nursery. happy, and nothing pleases me so much as to see that...clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of...

...in the other. Jn one of his letters to a pet little niece he tells her that she will find that books are ' better than all the tarts and cakes and toys...clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of...

...reading. His first prose letter to his little niece, Margaret, contains this sentence : " If any body would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with...clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret, with plenty...

...that he did not. " I am always glad to make my little girl happy," he writes to his niece Margaret, " and nothing pleases me so much as to see that she...clothes, and hundreds of 'servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of...