“A man is no more to be blamed for not caring for certain forms of literature than he is for not thriving on certain forms of food.”

Defending individual taste in reading as a matter of temperament. · Speech, The Uses of Reading, 1912

• Individuality
• Reading
• Taste

“The men who have borne the extremes of adventure and hardship have to report what they have done in man’s secular battle against Space and Time.”

Elevating exploration into a broader human struggle against the limits of geography and time. · Speech, The Verdict of Equals, 1912

• Adventure
• Courage
• Discovery

“It is one thing to write and quite another thing to read.”

Drawing a simple but important distinction between creating and receiving literature. · Speech, The Uses of Reading, 1912

• Literature
• Reading
• Writing