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That's journalism.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[46],{"id":47,"tag":48},5270681,{"id":49,"tag_name":50},3711,"color",{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":31,"has_image":18,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},2287607,"American literature has been, and is, singularly deficient in established critics who have anything like a rational conception of their jobs. The majority, initiate in a few of the patent rituals of Aristotle and Quintilian , don the forbidding robes of high priests to Sweetness and Light, and go about their business much as if the idea were to keep all they know to themselves.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[57],{"id":58,"tag":59},5270668,{"id":60,"tag_name":61},2130,"ideas",{"id":63,"quote_text":64,"author_id":5,"source_id":31,"has_image":18,"author":65,"source":66,"quote_tag":67,"commentary":9},2287594,"I felt exactly like the man in the advertisement who has not devoted fifteen minutes a day to the study of the classics. If only (I thought) I had devoted fifteen minutes a day to the cultivation of the aesthetic attitude! 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Do not hide away your favorite books or keep them locked in enclosed shelves. Do not keep them under glass.",2,true,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[87,92],{"id":88,"tag":89},3651067,{"id":90,"tag_name":91},52,"reading",{"id":93,"tag":94},3651066,{"id":95,"tag_name":96},177,"books","**The Backstory**\nThis insightful passage is from Burton Rascoe's \"Notes on Book Collecting,\" first published in 1935 and later reprinted in various forms. As a book collector and critic, Rascoe was known for his passion for literature and his commitment to making it accessible to the general public. During this time, he was working as a literary editor at The New Republic magazine.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nWhat lies beneath Rascoe's advice is not just a recommendation on how to treat books, but a commentary on the relationship between ownership, intimacy, and understanding. By suggesting that readers underscore passages and write in margins, Rascoe emphasizes the importance of active engagement with the text, turning it into something personal and unique, rather than just a passive object.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider not just collecting books, but making them integral to your daily routine. Set aside a few cherished volumes near your bed or workspace, and commit to regularly revisiting them, underlining passages that resonate with you and writing notes in the margins as prompts for further thought or reflection.",{"id":99,"quote_text":100,"author_id":5,"source_id":82,"has_image":18,"author":101,"source":102,"quote_tag":103,"commentary":9},765038,"If you open a book and find that the writer is trying to impress you with his knowledge of long, unusual words or by his use of foreign phrases, close the book quickly with no sense of loss or of deficiency or of having missed anything; for the author has not learned how to write and perhaps never will, and there is no need for you to offer yourself as a sounding board for his incompetence.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[104,107,110],{"id":105,"tag":106},3625428,{"id":90,"tag_name":91},{"id":108,"tag":109},3625429,{"id":38,"tag_name":39},{"id":111,"tag":112},3625427,{"id":113,"tag_name":114},30589,"bad-writing",{"id":116,"quote_text":117,"author_id":5,"source_id":82,"has_image":18,"author":118,"source":119,"quote_tag":120,"commentary":132},225578,"No book, however good, should ever be read as a task. If you do so read a book, it is very likely that you will not only get nothing out of it but that you will have toward the book and its author a repugnance that is unwarranted.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[121,124,127],{"id":122,"tag":123},1416886,{"id":90,"tag_name":91},{"id":125,"tag":126},1416885,{"id":95,"tag_name":96},{"id":128,"tag":129},1416887,{"id":130,"tag_name":131},353,"school","**The Backstory**\n\nThis insightful passage is from Burton Rascoe's 1929 book \"Bookman's Day,\" a memoir that chronicles his experiences as an editor, critic, and literary figure in the early 20th century. Rascoe was known for his passion for literature and his commitment to preserving the art of reading for its own sake, rather than as a mere task or obligation.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nRascoe's warning against reading a book \"as a task\" reveals a profound tension between the utilitarian impulse to consume knowledge efficiently and the aesthetic pleasure of immersive reading. By framing reading as a chore, we risk missing the very essence of what makes literature valuable – its ability to transport us, to challenge our assumptions, and to connect us with others across time.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply Rascoe's wisdom in today's fast-paced world, approach each book or text with an open-ended curiosity, unencumbered by deadlines or productivity metrics. By embracing the luxury of reading for its own sake, you'll be more likely to uncover the hidden treasures that make literature a source of joy, growth, and transformation.",{"currentPage":134,"totalPages":82,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":135},1,10]