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2、rsofwearinessintomomentsofdelight,storeourmindswithideas,fillthemwithgoodandhappythoughts,andliftusoutofandaboveourselves.ThereisanOrientalstoryoftwomen:onewasaking,whoeverynightdreamthewasabeggar;theotherwasabeggar,whoeverynightdreamthewasaprinceandlivedinapalace.Iamnots
3、urethatthekinghadverymuchthebestofit.Imaginationissometimesmorevividthanreality.But,howeverthismaybe,whenwereadwemaynotonly(ifwewishit)bekingsandliveinpalaces,but,whatisfarbetter,wemaytransportourselvestothemountainsortheseashore,andvisitthemostbeautifulpartsoftheearth,wi
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5、ifulaccountofthedeathofSocrates.Herfatherandmotherwerehuntinginthepark,thehoundswereinfullcryandtheirvoicescameinthroughtheopenwindow.Heexpressedhissurprisethatshehadnotjoinedthem.But,saidshe,"IwistthatalltheirpleasureintheparkisbutashadowtothepleasureIfindinPlato."Macaul
6、ayhadwealthandfame,rankandpower,andyethetellsusinhisbiographythatheowedthehappiesthoursofhislifetobooks.Inacharminglettertoalittlegirl,hesays:"Thankyouforyourveryprettyletter.Iamalwaysgladtomakemylittlegirlhappy,andnothingpleasesmesomuchastoseethatshelikesbooks,forwhenshe
7、isasoldasIam,shewillfindthattheyarebetterthanallthetartsandcakes,toysandplays,andsightsintheworld.Ifanyonewouldmakemethegreatestkingthateverlived,withpalacesandgardensandfinedinners,andwinesandcoaches,andbeautifulclothes,andhundredsofservants,onconditionthatIshouldnotread
8、books.Iwouldnotbeaking.Iwouldratherbeapoormaninagarretwithplentyofbooksthanakingwhodidnotloverea
