But let no one think that pleasure is
immoral. Pleasure in itself is a great good, all pleasure, but its consequences
may be such (31) the sensible person eschews certain
varieties of (32) Nor need pleasure be gross and sensual.
They are wise in their generation (33) have discovered that
intellectual pleasure is the most satisfying and the most enduring. It is well
to (34) the habit of reading. There are (35)
sports in which you can engage to your own satisfaction after you
have passed the prime of life; there are no games except patience, chess
problems and crossword puzzles that you can play without someone to play them
with you. Reading suffers (36) no such disadvantages; there
is no occupation—except perhaps needle- work, but that leaves the restless
spirit (37) liberty—which you can more easily (38)
up at any moment, for any period, and more easily put (39)
when other calls press upon you; there is no other amusement that can
be obtained in these happy days of public liberties and cheap editions at so
small a (40) . To acquire the habit of reading is to
construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of
life.