Readings in English Prose of the Nineteenth Century

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Readings in English Prose of the Nineteenth Century
Alden, Raymond Macdonald, 1873-1924, Ed
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If th«a the power of speech is a gift as great as any that can be named, — if the origin of language is by many philosophers even considered to be nothing short of divine, — if by means of words the secrets of the heart are brought to light, pain of * Fittingly.
' "Whence it happens that the whole life of the old man lies open to view as if drawn on a votive tablet." (Horaoe, ScUires, IL,i,) Digitized by VjOOQIC THE INFALLIBLE CHURCH 44S soul is relieved, hidden grief is carried oflf, sympathy
...conveyed, \^^ counsel imparted, experience recorded, and wisdom perpetu- ^ * ated, — if by great authors the many are drawn xip into xmity, national character is fixed, a people speaks, the past and the future, the East and the West are brought into communication with each other, — if such men are, in a word, the spokesmen and prophets of the himian family, — it will not answer to make li^t of literature or to neglect its study; rather we may be sure that, in i»:oportion as we master it in whatever lan- guage,, and imbibe its spirit, we shall ourselves become in our own measure the ministers of lie b«iefits to others, be they many or few, be they in the obscurer or the more distinguished walks of IHe, — who are united to us by social ties, and are within the sphere of oiu: personal influence.

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