who writes a grand poem is he who reads it grandly," Longfellow has
said, and Emerson, "A good reader summons the mighty dead from their
tombs and makes them speak to us." To sit still and listen
attentively is a polite accomplishment and to reproduce accurately
what one has heard is as practically useful as it is unusual.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Punctuation normalised.

Page 18, "she" changed to "the" (in which the)

Page 23, "rep-spected" changed to "respected" (to be respected)

Page 24, "leis-sure" changed to "leisure" (little refining leisure)

Page 44, "is" changed to "it" (reads it grandly)

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