College Readings in English Prose
College Readings in English Prose
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This is not the moment to dilate on that mighty place of education which was the favorite school of Dickens and of Balzac, and turns out yearly many inglorious masters in the Science of the Aspects of Life. Suffice it to say this : if a lad does not learn in the streets, it is because he has no faculty of learning. Nor is the truant always in the streets ; for if he pre- fers, he may go out by the gardened suburbs into the country. He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a burn, and smoke in- ...numerable pipes to the tune of the water on the stones. A bird will sing in the thicket. And there he may fall into a vein of kindly thought, and see things in a new perspective. Why, if this be not education, what is ? We may conceive Mr. Worldly Wiseman accosting such an one, and the conversation that should thereupon ensue : — • "How now, young fellow, what dost thou here?" "Truly, . Sir, I take mine ease. " *'Is not this the hour of the class? and should'st thou not be plying thy Book with diligence, to the end thou mayest obtain knowledge?" "Nay, but thus also I follow after Learning, by your leave.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This is not the moment to dilate on that mighty place of education which was the favorite school of Dickens and of Balzac, and turns out yearly many inglorious masters in the Science of the Aspects of Life. Suffice it to say this : if a lad does not learn in the streets, it is because he has no faculty of learning. Nor is the truant always in the streets ; for if he pre- fers, he may go out by the gardened suburbs into the country. He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a burn, and smoke in- ...numerable pipes to the tune of the water on the stones. A bird will sing in the thicket. And there he may fall into a vein of kindly thought, and see things in a new perspective. Why, if this be not education, what is ? We may conceive Mr. Worldly Wiseman accosting such an one, and the conversation that should thereupon ensue : — • "How now, young fellow, what dost thou here?" "Truly, . Sir, I take mine ease. " *'Is not this the hour of the class? and should'st thou not be plying thy Book with diligence, to the end thou mayest obtain knowledge?" "Nay, but thus also I follow after Learning, by your leave.
What to read after College Readings in English Prose?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Frank W Franklin William Scott to read onlineMoreLess
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