The more generous a man's culture becomes, the more catholic becomes his taste and the keener his insight.

The man of highest intelligence will be the first to recognise the fresh touch, the new point of view, the broader thought.

He will bring to the books of his own time not only a trained instinct for sound work, but a deep sympathy with the latest effort of the human spirit to express itself in new forms.

So deep and real will be his feeling for life that he will be eager to understand and possess every fresh manifestation of that life.

However novel and unconventional the new form may be, it will not make its appeal to him in vain.
It remains true, however, that literature is a universal art, expressive and interpretative of the spirit of humanity, and that no man can make full acquaintance with that spirit who fails to make companionship with its greatest masters and interpreters.