The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1895-07-13
BEST USES OF POETRY
A GREAT ENGLISH LAWYER TELLS US
WHAT THEY ARE.


Poetry n Friend to Memory-Advantages
ofcI..slc Verses When sfemorized-Com-
60 r.~,,.,, po.t.-Good
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Books the Best companions
cneok,ng as an old LAWYER. may say
hot feyy things compare in usefulness with
. retenttve accurate memory. IL Is in
18Th ,h.t this facnltv IL formed and
,ra,nad ard one of the best methods of
stran.,tbering n ia the habit OF learning
h,, be,rt ,,assa oes we admire from author,
18th I'm verse and nrose. What we learn
In vonth we are ant to remember well.
Mental imnressions Mt that period of life
do not easily fade. and although they are
a..iIv received tbev are indelibly retained,
and n thew are Impressions of noble
tho,ghts clothed in noble language we are
Iavino mn a store Of intellectual pleasure
NJ one end of life for endowment at the 9th
az Many of us live 10 grow old. II we
do onr minds n not ourselves. grow lone
10 The interesta NJ the world fade away,
and the fashion Of the beauty of IL vanish
oh and n time comes when we feel that
.,o,.o o,vhila
Fre 49,, VIZ, mr., 90 tbIs mortal coil.
Ana in he stiffness OF old age
Muse on our earthly pilgrimage.
A+.rch tina the recollection OF ereat
,hon,hts ~ lovely images. of musical
words comes 70 ms with n comfort, with
nm ,nnocent nIeasnre which IL Is difficult
to exoggerate And what should you
learn, Speaking generally the safest rule
10 follow ia 10 learn that which pleases you
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nus Is tor oi,,ors sons all Greek
,.a ,'ps ~. hoso,.a a,,d ahove every
ane s.",,,s;,t 49,, shonid ,,,vself nlace
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80, ' ;rd;s,a a, 70 INV one who ha.
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The freshness of the early world.
1here Ia one man IN ENGLISH lite-a+,r,
,,arho,,s tLora orc two ~ ,,ro+a 20,
l;.tIa Ca ;s ono E,or,, ,.,ord bo ,,,-ot,
10 ,,rac;ors 10 hos tbo oorfoctioD ~ dic
ton ond 81 ,,eIodv Fverv limo contoins ,
thought or a nicture comnlete in itself
and Won cannot changa n word yvithou,
n,n,r;no, ito nerfection Tho other merriam,
40 Voife EVERY ono knovvs he i;nas y,
tbassprr;oI ~ ST. Tobn Moore ), ~ which
In NV irdoment nob;obor ,,-aieo 10 ,,oss;
Mo 80, - Gov +ho,, g. ,,.s,rtl,,- 90 a.;
h;ac+ PIT 10 wrote .Iso &C. Eo~,,a
Nc :, and ar IIod Know, rho, C,oulds-
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known brt of which a. n is TOO ,oncb =,
Gov, ,ha,, a,a 90 On, a., tha o,,ao, ca, Tol,,
/ Moore II il NOT FOO much IN sav that tho,
arc worthy nj the roet who wrote n Tb
, ti,,o ,vorid foil no a. I ,vara 20 s,aol
nj length of Shelley. of Keats If scott q
Rem ,Ionson of Ford Of Nass;noer y
DRYDEN pone and Yonng NOT to nentio,
mora regent authors Coleridoe omit a
course Tennvson omit becanse 7 lnov
that anv estimate which nlaces him as
= sbonld nIace him in an order of men fa
4 below Shakesneare ia Mt nresent tbe mari
3 of n philistine
. browning I omit because thougb
hive admired him since was n how n
school have not heen 90 fortunate os nj
, wavs tonnderstand him Ueonce rebulre,
me in n wav which I relate for the comfor
. of those small striving souIs Who ,ratcl
; his aigbts and trv 70 follow his conrse !,
! vain. tin he disapnears from them /,
: clouds. He was 80 kind as 70 Give m
( many of his volumes and he tne,y hon
, estlv road them soon after one bod IN,
r been given me he asked me how liked n
, I renlied that what could understond
haor,;I,, od,,,;,a5 "a a.. - 20 ~
+, $500 sy "u ,.1.h. "iu .nae par,s vi ~
= 40 TO much of Il 7 really could NOT tel
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