The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
u DO You Read -
- nd Why Do You Read9

do you r eau in print that he can get hold
ie'u' often a pleasure, and when the subject is
trashy he at once torgets IT, re holds her
ing ., lads any aud everything that comes TO
s.rsets the habit OF reading ana mere IS no pet
konuse sion and enlargement OF the mind, ans
pc io' =, does infusc facts and ideas which are
u na. "A ,,n in memory for future development, |
isg . t,,,;,ion one is surprised at the knowledge
sNs" uonders where, when and how It was ae
mIs 10 answer the question III the hrst per-
W. .s am 10th 10 respond, tor the reason that
puen s,.al oninion is valueless and uninteresting
ma" .Lrs but If the views expressed coll
anu 80. he deduoed to show the drift Of public
shins ;r,nortan topic. Like others Scriptural
pon .s,.sed upon my mind at an early age, and re-
mp, attention than the nursery tales bestowed by
rnr,ent events next engrossed the mind, and do
~. he habit of reading was acquired. Reaching
BY y y" lid understand all read, CLEANED knowl-
men s, from history current literature and biog-
.1.,c how little OF the Scriptures | had read
iii fingered in my memory and its occasional
Sa..d me TO take il up when ] could compre
..nircs and II somewhat astonished me to ind
Vas already implanted in my mind.
u, always been my favorite reading, but sub
s nd engage my attention, with the result OF
~ - ,b all sorts of knowledge and curious facts
u always good company for myself, if not for
ne advance in age we like TO talk, and who can
.or,r,on sense better than our elders, which is
,.sd;na and communng upon the expressed
Il
"a ~ read but forbear in view of the fact that
an individual opinion, and consequently of no
c. A. s.
.,, ask me What do | read and why do I read ?"
~, mind TO the weird introduction of Longfellow's
=; for II sounds so refreshing, soothing.
ko,ce again as I allow my thoughts to grasp your
ouerv they almost linger my tongue, then burst
Esb;rOly with this question, why do l love TO
k.eau.. it is betting to my ambitious nature, be
II hrsies nv mind while the ver-enduring thought
B,rnps reading enthrals me.
j Reading is the silent companion OF the lonely
Hr;end who ne'er alters nor forsakes."
y, pleasure that alone can be found by merely
H. or herself and through its medium learn OF our
eatmes,
eyorie books and studies are those which touch
In "Life life itself and the soul immortal"
1 N read DER and DER again Victor Hupos les
4. because in those immortal lines which have been
N mans ear for nearly half century are depicted
4 misery that are appalling but held in bondage by
is that such genius alone can portray.
ms our selfish minds to new thoughts new pastures
re our gaze it startes and creates within
8 der and noher vision OF life.
&aso an earnest student OF Shakespeare and love to
those sad vet true words of Hamlet, and also the
Ia noble words of Brutus.
LIS when we study these beautiful, yet sad figures
8aracters are written upon their names that we dip
sweetness Of mans genius and learn through him
and good that after ALL appears though the surface
rough
much pleasure in perusing the lyric lines OF Goehes
4 las myself consider hiln) one of the greatest
o can follow unassumingly in that llustrious line
n Dante and Milton, whose names skall ever ring
through the ages in literature and softly resound
bnds Of those who love true genius
kading Shakespeare I love TO join in "Plutaroh's
hose everenucing pages oft hold my gaze for hours
IBIS great historian that prone to so to learn
whose teachings should be followed il we must
b, find much pleasure (more than worldly affairs
q give in my unpretentious library, and draw from
les knowledge that shall ever help me in judging
mortal man is, and not be too narrow in my
Potion care little although at times ! find much
reading such books as "AIacaria or Altar Of Sac
"a Augusta Evans Wilson, "Barrabas,' wherein
npllshed and interesting writer, Marie Corrcli, de
erucihxion Of Christ and draws one after her in
prd paintings until you run the course of the story
u one in dream. Last, but not least may be added
tr' by Lew Wallace
|4Wse read the daily papers ! mean by that the
Hpples Of the day ! also read several OF the numcr-
ZINES OF which number | prefer the Literary Di-
me indePendcnt also enjoy that interesting
tnitled Review OF Reviews
these draw great source of pleasure as we'll as
FOR those who have not read the Mental Advo-
shed and edited by Prof. Paul Edwards, | must
are missing treat. myself find a great deal OF
IN perusing his potent sentences wherein is found
nmon sense. lie heads his paper with these sound
Nothing is greater than good nothing is higher
who can not reason is a fool he who will not is
nc VINO dare not is slave"
LAWRENCE l. COHEN. JR. >.
"'s is the verbal expression of the development OF
iears come and so, weaving themselves into
ana as knowledge and civilization work their
humanity, at least in it's artificial superimposed as
nses also Certain elemental emotions--love, hate
,-eommon to all men, manifest themselves in al
rom savagery TO the highest civilization and worl
essences and awful tragedies but around these auc
En- modifying half concealng, half disclosing tht
~ ne eonventionalites of our complex life gather
Tue child at its birth and as emotions develop
.' are expressed with the frankness of childhood
as conventional bandages to speak, ap
S."ls' Shaping us to something other than GU
approving or restricting, as may choose to iool
kas al events making us less simple, less natura
nu as are the changes in the development OF th
~ - % IN the literature which it both creates anC
ae divides itself into distinct classes. The su
sShs as ITS owu the smallest number of works
q a, poehs alI--are masterpieces, whose sway is 70
q cSa,s' They charmed in ages past, charm now
In lo.a Nhen we our purposes and achievement
I'M. ps ~ oblivion. We may count them on on
n O'0'e' Homer, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare, Nil
; 4. the exception of Virgil, each used Ian
r,y.S S y, youth, and with this unworn instrumen
~ d.. He ana addressed themselves to elementa
in . with clear vision the inherent the i'm
ken,,on-t nature; stripped away the Academia
pep,r..;+' lhose non-essentias which change wit
ana sang their wondrous songs fot a