Sir Herbert Read

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    life is straight,
    Straight as a line, and ever tends to Thee,
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)