The Practical Cogitator or the Thinker's Anthology. Third Edition .

The wisdom of the ages gathered together in one volume in what the editors call a "cerebral Coast Pilot," compiling essential passages on the great themes of life. First published in 1945, the selections -- long and short, prose and verse -- cover a wide range of world literature, from Confucious to James Gould Cozzens, from the Old Testament to Jean-Paul Sartre and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Many of the passages quoted are of the kind that color the thoughts and shape the lives of men. EDITOR: CHARLES P. CURTIS EDITOR: FERRIS GREENSLET ILLUSTRATOR: EDWIN EARLE INTRODUCTION:JOHN H. FINLEY