and they fill the heart with a longing to do something great.

Such books should become steady companions through life.

No matter where our duties call us we should see to it that we do not leave behind the thoughts of this master mind of Shakespeare.

The very fact that we have them near us lifts us out of the monotony of nothing to do.
Among the books about America for Americans perhaps Roosevelt's "Winning of the West" is among the best.

Not only has he thrown the whole vigor of his interesting personality into the writing of it, but he has given us a vivid picture of the conquest of the States by the settlers.