“It is an asset towards prosperity, even for those whose lot will be cast altogether in one land, to get full and first-hand information about the men they will meet later.”

Arguing that understanding other people is itself a practical advantage. · Speech, Work in the Future, 1924

• Community
• Knowledge
• Success

“In other callings of life there exists a convention that what a man has made shall be his own and his children’s after him.”

Contrasting literary property with ordinary assumptions about ownership. · Speech, The Handicaps of Letters, 1908

• Property
• Work
• Writing

“If we get into trouble, as we most certainly shall, reading may teach us how to come out of it decently.”

Suggesting that literature can offer guidance when life becomes difficult. · Speech, The Uses of Reading, 1912

• Difficulty
• Reading
• Wisdom