The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-02-20
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AMONG MY BOOKS.

way, will now toll you something more |
that have found out while among my
books. In former years, had the greatest
reverence for everything that went by tho
name of book. But intercourse With, and
much handling Of Thorn has had salutary
effect upon me, so that now = book 10 to
much the same thing as q living person. |
have learned to avoid a gaudi)y bound
book, just IS l do gaudily dressed per-
son, for usually there II no more in the
one than there is in the other. Each in
div,dual thing in this world, whether man
Or book, has just 90 much of what 10 called
Quantity" in it, "mske up" In people,
whom this Quantity" 10 not found in .brsin
Or heart it il made up in dress. Just 20 is
u With Iseks. !Ths bsts.r, elass Of books In
eeaetsl6 llaialy SeuAd. OF eeurse 1 *.
eiiipaaAs aeuaiy 1dtsS.. Aaa whether
IL - besfsttrs; airy Il private library, r,
ssvsr: fial ID turn swsy from the binding
that il al covered with gilt or serawling
vines and ''Dolly-vsrden." I have found
another resemblance to people among my
books ; they will lie like sixty. Now do not
know exactly what this 'liks sixty" means,
but that is what We call it; and suppose
it does mean something. The fact is, you
must not believe the one half you read
In books, for if you de, you will soon
find that you are like the early spring
grass. Not long since, had occasion to
look up some point, about which was not
certain. Itook down book that looked
wise and it told me all l wanted to know.
| then looked into another and l found it
quite angry and excited. 1t told me th at
the other book lied straight along. The. I
took down an old fellow, thinking it would
know all about it. And so it did, It
preached short sermon on the crest sin
of calling hard names. (The sermon was
ten minutes long) aud then it said the
others had read were upstairs, rascais
and deceivers, and wound up by saying
they prevar,oated like sixty that what I
wanted to know, WAS not a. either one had
told me, then it put on very wise face and
told me that should by this. time know
better than to run about hunting the opin-
ions Of other people. began to think old
fellow No. WAS about right and think
30 yet. have seen another very striking
resemblance In some Of my books to certain
people have met. mean their wonder.
full pretentiousnsss they try to make u,
believe that they know everything and
what they do not know 10 not worth know
ing. Oneof these books l now speak Of
is preacher, another IL . lawyer and
another 10 dostor while fourth 10 meta.
physieian and . fifth il teacher, I've call
this last . Professor now = days. Judg
ing by their prstsnsions to know
everything in their respective do.
partments. We would not need any train
ing schools, theological, law, medical .,
normal. I snce bought book Of 'postr,
that lad most promising title and 1 foun'
it to DO nothing but NEST miserable n
hash Of Milton. bought three others IN,
after reading through some hundreds 0
! pages, found no more than could hav
i found in Mathews Gospel in half IN hon,
The same might be said Of 1.-THE Divin
Tragedy" Any one familiar with book
could name scores Of this sort. Then Their
Is the class Of wrong headed books. The
arc smarter than the modest follows be
side them and strike out in untrsvele
ways They get IN ides> into their hea
and they follow il up no matter how gre,
the disturbance it may create. Old tin
thoughts, ussgss and customs ars knock.
i about in every direction. our dearest an
= best settled epiaions are rodsly handled :,
: oonesnpteusly kisksd out Of Tie Wy or
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!, til II, and then thy win b quiet ~
- while. You Sc dear JounnA1 that I thi,
. books arc very much like human bsin,
Some Of them are flied with seetie soj
while some ara nothing but sugar plum
Some are like ,ics.berss, they chill you .
q. make yen feel uncomfortable eli over VII
d. others greet you with smile, lead you
e 70 the eosv psrlor, take II your wr.l
.. give you an easy chair and 70 beguile j
hs q :your h"srs th.t you bid thsm : rslu
nc ant good bye and wish the day ahad b,
81 80 zgzsl a. gTtt. tt5s ztF,:st
II Z ss@t;urtis y fsosivins goods, which ),
10 sold q chs.p ~ thsy:sAa:hs bought
my etA,r sters II Gle upper etaanntry. ..