The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13
what DO You Read ~
and Why Do You Read?

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and Why Do You Read3 s
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~. ;rvi,es from readers everywhere short replies
~" H., which is not asked idly, but for the purpose
hs s;nS an interesting and profitable exchange Of
INNS and ideas Replies must not exceed 500 words
triens -se the full of the contributor must be
VA Il is requested for publication but that 10 not
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. has been my rule to devote what spare
for y,ht have during the day to such literature as
.hs nractice OF medicine This for obvious rea-
ups matter of business and is so timed to insure
81 informed upon all advances made in that rapidly
Xrressing science
md mon current events. The most of the articles
pV,, So canton only, as that reading indicates the
..c,.r Of what follows The locals are always read,
~. care particularly whether Mr.. Smith Mrs
"t.. cone 10 Halifax, but because such things
,,mn SO as to carry the necessary small talk of
knO ,,.r,ourse number of monthly magazines are
,iy read for special articles. The Century Maya
a''I however has been read by for quite while
,. Il always contains something interesting expressed
nv taste runs TO histories In scientific works
IL esins my attention In novels special author
Nv adherence for when of the little petty worries
~. 10 all are with me- novel an anaesthetic
I've, two hours of complete oblivion, and then worries
consequently gohe' - ~ NED M ~
Beading Is the most prolific source Of information, and
-eatsst fountain of intellectual pleasure The sub
H.. affective and relative the three words which
~ The whole intellectual moral and social field of mans
Xor 10 God to himself and to his fellowman By the
4,s,,lve (. meant kind of reading of ourself, giving
gauge Of our inward nature, leading up that kind of
iye knowledge long sought after by the sages and
E,o,bers OF the ancient world. 1t leads meditation
election and to reformation, to dependency to
s. to dissipation and destruction. Its fruits grow
y and the kind of the fruit tells of the of the
The gloomy melancholy should keep as much
oobe out of the field of the subjective reading merry
ian eroteou9 sories amusing tales and those heroic
&ntures by land and in which the reader can by
IN. strain of the imagination and little touch of the
~ "a identify himself with the affair become if
the leading parsonage at least conspicuous character
reading Of logic, metaphysics and all the forms of
EIo:ophy will act ballast rather than the cargo OF
r. minds sailing ont over the sea of life And touch
mathematics which is merely branch of logic would
4form the function of small pocket compass, If you will
ow the comparison.
The province of objective reading takes wider range
Va turns un broader turf even though the powshare
dngs may be styled that decarative school, where
figures lie close the surface and demonstra
Ne In their nature.
The astronomer walks upon the earth but reads from
book of subceesal nature where the map of the starry
namen leads down the column of his simple alphabet
culatins ecipses and the diameters of planets The
aky way no less than the mighty consultations become
rce of information He reads the signs of the heavens
u tell us when the sky is red whether it will be
eul or fair weather
The geologist reads nature in a different way The
18th becomes his subject and he probes every joint and
Rkes his analysis with the precision an expert to tell
the wonders of hidden nature.
In the field OF the relative the and scholar
books and that style of fiction which is called history
part and parcel of their stock in trade While the man
aHsiF, ought to keep to the front all tcra-
just as the newsboy the streets cries the box
lad lines of the sensational articles and advertisements in
the daily papers, which he carries his arm but
ads of the details. This busy worlds "hewers of
pod and drawers of water" have no time to stop and
ayle the water and study the grain and of the
pod Business not students; if they stop to
fdy they fail to learn. They read the result Of
erments, and the wisdom which by experience is
required knowledge Of the experiment The grand
ant of all the forces brought to upon their business
pes the final direction their and lands them in
Pecess-they "self-made men'-or wrecks then,
the reefs and rocks and the resounding judgment OF the
Prld is they were good from the start
The diplomat, the politician and the creed maker must
4ead between the lines, everyme and everywhere
IA plain two and two, which ought always foot up four
not inquired IN the last calculation to five Reading
Eehe we call it verb particple the unpediereed and
Psered descendant of the verb, will force the matter
through process Of mental Digestion affecting the
nature and moral of the intellect and the heart
ar TO the physical digestion produced by the eating of
which forcing itself through the blood, effects every
ne and tissue of the body, The persons who would
}1up' the moral and social element in their should
ad as carefully against profane and centious books
Iy would against tainted meats unwholesome food.
ne eels like Frenchman while another may study Livy
ne imagnes himself historian and third will trans
Tue odes OF Anacreon till he will find himself trying
"te sweet voluptuous scraps of amative poetry The
fNuy professional should study all the way along
me'es and bounds of his profession the manual la
taxes the strong food which makes muscle and bone
tue bellies letters scholar may range through light
with the same grace, liberty and easy that an
f'~e would taste all the dishes in fashionable cafe,
TIrUs TUDOR.
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iae Fost has kindly asked indicate somewhat the
fsds pN ~ p' anu IVA ~
,h ne professional reading by studious lawyer will
oe mentioned under such head as in that the public
wy n'te interested. When it is mentioned that the
REM issue OF law books in this country alone is so great
axe all the time of rapid reader go through it
' ne VINO would be fully equipped in his profession
o. east keep within sight of most of it, to mention
; BOOKS OF the past with which he is supposed to be
fal read "e'' a'u '''e'e "'a' N''N
ris, he will read daily newspaper that of his owr
preferred and usually compromise by reading more