The Manual of Laconics; Or Many Things for Many Minds
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Excerpt from The Manual of Laconics; Or Many Things for Many Minds: Selected From a Great Variety of Authors The liberal patronage extended to the Pocket Lacon, and the flattering, because unbought, commendation of the press, have induced the editor to hasten the publication of the present volume, which will meet, he trusts, with a reception no less favourable. Genius is essentially social; wit shines only in reflected light; learning is acquired with pain and trouble by the few, that it may be disseminated, with pleasure, for the profit of the many: but, if genius stay at home, "if good wit be not seconded by the forward child understanding;" and if learning be locked up in ponderous tomes, what avails it that God hath gifted this man with the rich vein of native ability; this with the wisdom that is purer than the fire-refined gold, or that a third shall have learnt to number the stars of heaven and the seeds of the earth, and the sands of the sea? Before there was an exchange of thought, an intercourse of mind, the solitary sage advanced by slow degrees, and by laborious courses, to his end; but, when communion was established, when the advice of him who said "impart," was understood; when the value of the precept, "Give, and it shall be given unto you," came to be appreciated, and when men applied to the mind´s riches the injunction to distribute of their wealth, the secrets of science began to disappear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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