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Be Car* in the Choice of Ymv Books 171
ideals are higher and nobler, his outlook on life is more
elevated.
"The impomnce of having great models, high ideals,
held constantly before the mind when it is in a plastic
condition cannot be overestimated. The books we
read in youth make or mar our lives Many a man has
attributed his first start and all his after sucoess in life
to the books read in his youth. They opened up to
him his possibilities, indicated his tastes, and helped
him to find his place in life.
" Seekest thou for bliss?
Lo! here it is-
In quiet nook,
With well-loved book."
'' Gcad books are not only our friends; they are alsc
our best teachers. But ,bad books are a curse and do
a world of harm. Evil men, evil lives, evil examples
spread a moral pestilence openly and powerfully; but
nothing .spreads falsehood and evil more surely and
deeply than a bad book.
"But what of the novel? Fulfilling its proper end
and aim at elevating the reader and enlarging his
knowledge of man and of nature and its mysteries,
captivating the wayward fancy, arraying salutary
knmledge with true wisdom in pleasing garb, arousing
the soul to strive after ideals worthy of man's mind and
heart, the novel would play a most desirable part in
the betterment of man. We cannot deny its immense
power, the greater because it reaches many unwiMing
to read more serious books. Indeed, many masterpieces
of fiction are worthy of all the encomiums which
the greateat admirer of the novd could bestow on
them.
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