...time. Mark this distinction — it is not one of quality only. It is not merely the bad book tfiat does not last, and the good one that does. It is a...species. There are good books for the hour, and good ones for all time ; bad books for the hour, and bad ones for all time. I must define the two kinds...

...rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings,—books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. Mark this distinction—it is not one of quality only. It is not merely the bad book tfiat does not last, and...

...were written, were written for our learning." f And while Ruskin observes that: "All books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time"; the Bible must, if put in any class, be pre-eminent In its unique position, because it is the inspired...

...were written, were written for our learning." f And while Ruskin observes that: "All books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time"; the Bible must, if put in any class, be pre-eminent In its unique position, because it is the inspired...

...the Library of the Ptolemies. — FD MAURICE. On Books. BOOKS OF THE HOUR AND OF ALL TIME ALL books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour,...species. There are good books for the hour, and good ones for all time ; bad books for the hour, and bad ones for all time. I must define the two kinds...

...items: a cathedral clock; a colonial side-board; three old chairs; six oil portraits. 3. All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour and the books of all time. 4. There is a decisive strength in him (Burns), and yet a sweet native gracefulness: he is vehement,...

...us with a new resolve to read the best and to dig for the richest treasures. 97 OF BOOKS All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour,...species. There are good books for the hour, and good ones for all time; bad books for the hour, and bad ones for all time. I must define the two kinds before...

...(Lines 200-209.) What are the author's arguments for work ? (Lines 215-230.) OF BOOKS All books arc divisible into two classes, — the books of the hour,...not merely the bad book that does not last, and the 5good one that does; it is a distinction of species. There are good books for the hour, and good ones...

.... The first of these plans ... I think, is the most like a systematic proceeding. (2) For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. . . . The good book of the hour, then, — I do not speak of the bad ones, — is simply the useful...

....253 XIV. THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GREAT BOOKS . 261 LISTS OF COLLATERAL BEADING 273 For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.— Ruskin. One is sometimes asked . . . to recommend ... a course of study. My advice would always be...