Reading the Classics

From Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau praises the reading of ancient classics in their original languages as a noble intellectual discipline.
Chapter 3: Reading

'Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.' He laments that even college graduates cannot read the great books.

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