I do not know how Rumford's proposition was received; but to the mind, I believe, it will be found more nutritious to digest a page than to devour a volume.
Books, however, were the least part of the education of an Athenian citizen.

Let us, for a moment, transport ourselves in thought, to that glorious city.

Let us imagine that we are entering its gates, in the time of its power and glory.

A crowd is assembled round a portico.

All are gazing with delight at the entablature; for Phidias is putting up the frieze.