Excerpt from The University Quarterly: Conducted by an Association of Collegiate and Professional Students, in the United States and Europe; April, 1861 From an extravagant desire to know much, the Student may fail to know anything to a certainty. As he paces the Library Halls Of his Alma Mater, and casts an eye upon the immense collection of books, -the history, the poetry, the eloquence Of four thousand years, and reflects on the extreme littleness Of his own attainments, it is hot strange that his heart leaps within him and his impatient aspirations flow out after everything that has the faintest semblance of knowledge and wisdom. But all that enters the eye and the ear is not knowledge. The most precious metals are not easiest obtained. Truth lies deep and is gotten only by the digging. 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.