For such a man idleness is impopsiblo; to spend a day in "loafing" would bo misery for a nature so charged with superabundant cnorgy. It is this characteristic of tho German people, of which their ruler is so remarkable an example, that has raised them, under _ a succession of great leaders, to tho position thoy now occupv in tho world of politics and commorco.—"Globe.
Wo are all tired of tho plea that art is not, nor ever can bo, for tho young person; that as a reader especially sho is entitled to no consideration whatsoever. If unalilo to digest the strong meat provided for her, elders she must take her chance. But it is a very risky chanoe. I havo known many girls whoso whole view of life has been perverted on its very threshold by bad books.—Annie S. Swan, in "The British Weekly.'*
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 121, 14 February 1908, Page 5
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