Now the most godlike of all human gifts-- the singular gift separating Man from the brutes--is speech. If he can harmonize speech he has taught his first and peculiar faculty to obey the great rhythm: "I will sing and give praise," days the Psalmist, "with the best member I have." Thus by harmonising speech (in a fashion we will discuss by and by), he arrives at poetry. -Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Poetry
I love books, I love old books, especially. My nose wrinkles profusely at the very idea of an electronic book. To go further- I had a three hour discussion (ahem-argument) with a team mate this past summer on the particular and heinous evils of Kindle and owning one.
Ours arrived Saturday -it's a gift to each other for our anniversary. A pragmatic back-up to carrying around thick old books. Free old poetry at my fingertips that I don't readily have, tempting... Good, old commentaries that are easy to copy quotes for transferring for sermons notes...tempting. Old thoughts, new technology, right? A blog is like an electronic newsletter?
I still wonder -- is the kindle the legible equivalent to street jargon? And is this e-age eating away something that can't be replaced? And yet, I type...
This quote stopped me, I couldn't pass it up and adding it to my clippings took my electronic journaling into a new sphere. NOW, if I could just figure out how to transfer the information without retyping it...
2 comments:
I completely understand, my dear JoJo!! I was one of those Kindle opponents, too, and I believed everyone who bought one was hurting the cause of REAL books. :) Yes, I do enjoy my Kindle, but I still do most of my reading from hard copies. Enjoy your new device, my friend. While it's a wonderful thing to get so much of the older writings free, it makes me sad that so many readers have no interest in them.
Love to you!!
Mrs. M at K's school talks about developing a taste for what is good. It hard to find a place to learn what tastes truly good to the soul.
Love to you!! Jojo
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