" Why should you waste your time in idleness, and torment yourself with unprofitable wishes? Books are at hand; books from which most sciences and languages can be learned. Read, analyse, digest; collect facts, and investigate theories: ascertain the dictates of reason, and supply yourself with the inclination and the power to adhere to them. "

― Charles Brockden Brown , Carwin, the Biloquist, and Other American Tales and Pieces. in Three Volumes, Vol. III