Excerpt from The St. James' Magazine, Vol. 5: April to September, 1870 Nay, Sir, it is wonderful what a difference learning makes upon people, even in the common intercourse of life, which does not appear to be much connected with it.' And yet, ' said I, people go through the world very well, and carry on the business of life to good advantage, Without learning.' - Johnson: Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use for instance, this boy rows us as well without learn ing, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors.' He then called the boy, What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts 2' Sir, ' said the boy, I would give what I have.' Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, Sir, ' said he, a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being, whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.