Life's Enthusiasms

Life's Enthusiasms

Life's EnthusiasmsThat is poetry in which truth is expressed in the fewest possible words, in words which...
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Author: Jordan, David Starr,1851-1931
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Language: English
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Life's Enthusiasms

Life's Enthusiasms

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Life's Enthusiasms

Dhs. 49.31 Dhs. 24.64
Author: Jordan, David Starr,1851-1931
Format: eBook
Language: English

Life's Enthusiasms

That is poetry in which truth is expressed in the fewest possible words, in words which are inevitable, in words which could not be changed without weakening the meaning or throwing discord into the melody. To choose the right word and to discard all others, this is the chief factor in good writing. To learn good poetry by heart is to acquire help toward doing this, instinctively automatically as other habits are acquired. In the affairs of life, then, is no form of good manners, no habit of usage more valuable than the habit of good English. It is the layman's privilege to take the text for his sermons wherever he finds it. I take mine from a French novel, a cynical story of an unpleasant person, Samuel Brohl, by Victor Cherbuliez; And this is the text and the whole sermon: "My son, we should lay up a stock of absurd enthusiasms in our youth or else we shall reach the end of our journey with an empty heart, for we lose a great many of them by the way." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 11939
Author: Jordan, David Starr
Release Date: Apr 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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