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of reading the wrong book - poem

  • David Smith
  • Apr 12, 2018
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Of reading the wrong book

You should be afraid

Henry David Thoreau says you have no time

Except for that which is sublime.

How does one be selective?

and from what prospective

That is my eternal question.

because of the way

they make an impression

In what they convey.

Thus we have a list

Of that which can be kissed

DS Poem

April 12, 2018

Book Two

The Dust of Annihilation

“There are too many mediocre books which exist just to entertain the mind. Therefore, read only those books which are accepted without doubt has good” Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“ read the best books 1st, otherwise you’ll find you do not have time.” Henry David Thoreau

And page 13

A Calendar of Wisdom

January 1

Leo Tolstoy


 
 
 

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