READING is to the mind what exercise is to the body. As by the one health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated ; by the other virtue, which is the health of the mind, is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed. The Tatler - Page 171by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
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...bestowing, They dreamed, with him,of Brotherhood. " Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg," by Harrison D. Mason is to the mind what exercise is to the body. As by...the mind) is kept alive, cherished and confirmed. — Addison. taneously by the greatest number. Its effect is well described in Margaret Fuller's private... | |
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