The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-24
VlRlLE READING FOR YOUNG men.

with tho literature Of Tic world that TO
| be ignorant of 1t Is to be unable to
! understand the illusions and significance
years; ''grcat books require great read
/, ers:" IL Is not a book to BIO read as
Browning said his poetry was not, with
when half asleep. but read as lsipling
reads it-in earnest, until its sentences
and phrases flash and live and burn IN
| tho soul ,S
YOUNG. men should read American HIS
tory; they should know what this couil-a
try OF ours Is. how IT came to be-, what
its great problems have been and nrs,
| cnce, who its heroes have been, what
American citizenship stands for until
they appreciate their own heritage and
are inspired to be in their own place and
should read as much OF the history. OF
other lands, ancient and modern, as they
can, II limited in time and strength. get
brief histories Of various countries; set
an historic outline. and go over 1t until
the chief events of the worlds story arc
fitted into their places. History gives a
feeling OF being one with your, Kind,
belonging to a vast humanity that n
many places and ages has been and Is
at work upon It's problems.
Tho young man should know something
of science. but he should read wisely;
there are hundreds OF books that pass
among the people az scientific that are
Of People who talk a great deal about
science whose minds are as blank as
fresh piece Of paper, II yo, read sci
ence az all read i thoroughly and re-
made in human thought in the last de-
cadei that the chiefs Of science to-day
are not all savish, followers of the pio-
for time ran entirely to q study OF ori-
gins; then came destructive time when
everything was picked to pieces and
questioned: then-pen made the startling
we are here. and we are here as we are
and not otherwise. Spencer said at last
the moral nature OF man could not be
for men are now engaged IN
very wisely said that a great part OF the
business Of the twentieth century would
be picking out OF the waste basket things
that the nineteenth century threw into
It. Remember that If man did come from
the beasts, that does not mean that he
Is now a beast; the very idea Of evolution
Is that the, the process has carried man up,
and spiritual realm. A young man is a
also = a fool II he swallows all he reads
truth. In heavens name read, read
widely, wisely. thoroughly, but do not
imagine that all the people who have
fought and sailed and ruled and loved
until you were let loose upon the planet
to teach 1t to think,
If you have time and strength, II you
have the chance to be reader, do not
neglect psychology the science Of mind
1t will lead you to realize the wonder Of
your own personaity It VIII help you
stitution; 1t will teach YOU a thousand
things about your fellow men, SO that
hey fd into Glasses and ypes and Their
heped '9 d Salsa WITH ' am aa s Hns
With different minds. The millionaire
it would clear their heads and new light
to them: In addition to this one can
give no better counsel to the young men
y Is intend to read at at all thoroHghly
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is "a Study in Human Nature" which
It really Is. but whose first title Is va
rleties Of Religious Experience" 1t is
sense OF the word, 1t Is a study of mems
experiences In religion; it is by one Of
the greatest psychologists IN the world,
time. If you undertake to read 1t and
wonder why any one. commended 1t to
you, take the advice Carlyle gave In re-
gard to William Meister''--read 1t again
you Will have possession of Ideas that
VIII illuminate your whole life.
The young man should read fiction.
the best, Il few volumes Of each of the
great novelists; he should follow cur.
rent fiction IN long and short stories to
degree sufficiently to learn what there
y Of knowledge OF human nature and
fiction Is not good for mind or life, Tho
fiction gluttons lose their hold on reality
come to see in the people around them
morbid characters out of stories, and
otlen they verge on Insanity This
sounds very old,fashioned, hut it Is new
fashioned enough to be true to the actual
fact OF to-day.
Shall The young man read poetry? He
dwarfs himself II he does not, IL he al
lows the gbes of the day to cut him Off
from the poetic outlook upon llfe,. tho
music OF the great masters of verse. the
Infinite ,suggestiyeness that Is in the
poets He does not need to boone II
a,reeaamer, nor to talk poetry; but poetry
belongs WIN painting, music and tho
beauty or nature; IT Is refreshment and
Is this much.
The young, man should read the news.
papers, study the editorials. follow the
world movements. grasp the Tendencies
OF his time, know the place of his day III
general history. He should read the mag
thoughtH $3.50
Right reading builds up the. character
or stimulates to effort In SO doing. TINS
z tonic to the mind and soul And the
pest reading passes like Iron into the