My Commonplace Book (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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A large proportion of the most interesting quotations in this book was collected between 1874 and 1886. During that period I was under the influence of Richard Hodgson, who was my close friend from childhood. To him directly and indirectly this book is largely indebted.

Hodgson (185 5-1905) had a remarkably pure, noble, and lovable character, and was one of the most gifted men Australia has produced. He is known in philosophic circles from some early contributions to Mind and other journals, but is mainly known from his work in psychical research, to which he devoted the best years of his life. Apart from his great ability in other directions, he was endowed, even in youth. With fine taste and a clear and mature literary judgment. This will appear to some extent in the quotations over his name, and the note on p.208 will give further particulars of his career. He was from two to three years older than myself, and guided me in my early reading. There fore, indirectly, he has to do with most of the contents of this book.

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