The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --Never read a book that is not a year old. Never read any but the famed books. Never read any but what you like. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --Never read a book that is not a year old. Never read any but the famed books. Never read any but what you like.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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