...was thus permitted to read only for the gratification of his own amusement he foresaw not that he was losing for ever the opportunity of acquiring habits...firm and incumbent application, of gaining the art of controlling, directing, and concentrating the powers of his own mind for earnest investigation —...

...thus permitted to read only for the gratification of his own amusement, he foresaw i\ot that he was losing for ever the opportunity of acquiring habits...controuling, directing, and concentrating the powers of his own mind for earnest investigation, — an art far more essential thanevea that learning which...

...thus permitted to read only for the gratification of his qwn amusement, he foresaw not that he was losing for ever the opportunity of acquiring habits...firm and incumbent application, of gaining the art of controlling, directing, and concentrating the powers of his own «,l mind for earnest investigation,...

...To use th« words of one who, though but a novelist, was a master in thescienco of human nature: " The opportunity of acquiring habits of firm and incumbent application, of gaining the art of controlling, directing and concentrating the powers of mind for earnest investigation — is an art...

...To use the words of one who, though but a novelist, was a master in the science of human nature: " The opportunity of acquiring habits of firm and incumbent application, of gaining the art of controlling, directing and concentrating the powers of mind for earnest investigation — is an art...