The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-17


,,.erary culture opens up new world
~ a,r,nnase possessor Of trained
pn .,,.s,orca mind. lie Is never In
sm s. for Imagination peoples for
s0'''s'. .'crla 81 his own. free from tho
.. ~ and disappointmeni~ ~ ma
,.i i'll. he may u Will withdraw
''~ss,f into his own kingdom. where he
'' snnreme. The immediate pleas
rth,cb one derives from reading.
w,,nessinr stage performances
'.'. meal 10 The intellect. and from
~. intercourse with cultivated peo-
- scarccly equals that which abidcs
..s one al,says In recollection. II has
80 ~, ala that Dc highest pleasure Is IN
.'.,,.t,on. bnf more lasting one.
'-.iy inferior. may be in recollection
49, snd noyelists of the higher class
s.ye incurred characters As clearly 20
=. imagination as those one meets In
NJ. thew have introduced 70 us pleas
u. neople 10 whom we can turn as 20
IA friends. conjure them up before us
"a make them again and again amusc
!, instruct is At times when there Is no
,.ber recourse for the ever busy mind
u1a, one considers the relief that may
/. srorlea from the hardships and dis
.,,ointments Of real life BY an inteili-
rsrs uSe 81 the best literature. culture
4 his kind may be- recommended on
sanitary grounds. Literature may not
..ro;nis,er 10 mind diseased. but IL
r.r nrevent disease from getting foot
hola ~ furnishing healthful exercise
!, times when brooding over other and
,oss;hlv more material matters might
h INJURIOUS. MY mind - me . king
som is,~ lie who can saw tina. - IN >
measure independent OF the petty an
,orances that beset those whose
thoughts and faculties are ever with the
r.rsent material world. lie has ears.
Int ~ hears not; eyes. but he secs not
II lieres In another world. peopled
u NJ rleases. and with such
scenes passing before him as
h-Inr MIN enioymcnt Whether he Is
IN the crowded world or in solitude.
amid The hustle 81 business or confined
ID his lonely couch by Illness. he ear
RI, With him his littlc Kingdom Of the
mind AMI lives dual existence !. il
scarcely possible TO convey TO one who
has nof known Of such enioymcnfs an
adeonate idea 81 the value Of reading
and general literary culture in this re-
specf. bit that il is something real and
greatly ID b. preferred 70 riches ~
XIV other kind will he aftcsted by all
kho have had the pleasant experience
recalling Tor their own dclertation
lfiends they have found in fiction
me measure OF such enjoyment that
me may find is limited not only by the
'xtent and variety Of ones reading and
Their literary associations. but by the
raining given 10 the Imagination
le7o rrricd reading Of works u fiction
-. sake OF the story gives no foun-
= ~ sor alch culture Of the mind a.
: vi VI max jit kingdom Even : novel.
M xdkhy to be read ~ all. should
4 NY ktcntiyely and fhoughtfully-
be res dial friends can be found 70 read
Il con- }pany and 70 discuss il the inn
- fNn r N make will Be more last
sct sfhe great value Of such
Hnizations - Shal-rspearo and
yning societts& thoue> fAey opme-
m indulge n 10 much idIe specnla-
~ Their general plan q useful.
oweser. in melting - careful. studious
eadlnr. and 70 thought upon the mat
er that has been read The habit hzv-
ng once been established. little king
ON " the mind has been set up which
nay ~ extended II time in or out OF the
ociety. The essential or desirable
hing 70 DO il 70 cultivate the imagi-
'atisc faculties. 50 As TO make OF the
hAracters one reads about living pict-
lFcs always present with US. always
eaay " entertain or amuse US. Thus
or'iiied. one may in a measure defy the
IL ~ iife. and live the greater part 81
! n cleudland. with pleasant compan-
m and no less pleasant surroundings.
~ trp<1 saes the duties or life must Be
net anffnlfiled. the hard struggle for
existence nanst b. carried on: hut IL il
.ishiened. and one returns TO II re-
ireshed when these excursions into the
klngaom q the mind may BE- undertaken
= VIII, without expense and withou,
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