Works of Greek poets who catered to men's depraved tastes have, in spite of everything, perished.

The Bible is a book of religion; and can be tried by no other standard.
"Read Plutarch," said Emerson, "and the world is a proud place peopled with men of positive quality, with heroes and demi-gods standing around us who will not let us sleep." "There is no business, no avocation whatever," says Wyttenbach, "which will not permit a man, who has an inclination, to give a little time, every day, to the studies of his youth." "All the sport in the park," said Lady Jane Grey, "is but a shadow of that pleasure I find in Plato." "In the lap of Eternity," said Heinsius, "among so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and such sweet content, that I pity all the great ones and rich men, that have not this happiness." "Death itself divides not the wise," says Bulwer.

"Thou meetest Plato when thine eyes moisten over the Phaedo.

May Homer live with all men forever!" "When a man reads," says President Porter, "he should put himself into the most intimate intercourse with his author, so that all his energies of apprehension, judgment and feeling may be occupied with, and aroused by, what his author furnishes, whatever it may be.

If repetition or review will aid him in this, as it often will, let him not disdain or neglect frequent reviews.