Books for Living by Will Schwalbe, who wrote odes to the books he’d found most useful. He highlighted this excerpt: I believe one of the greatest pleasures of life is to curl up one’s legs in bed. The posture of the arms is also very important in order to reach the greatest degree of aesthetic pleasure and mental power. I believe the best posture is not lying flat on the bed, but being upholstered with big soft pillows at an angle of thirty degrees with either one arm or both arms placed behind the back of one’s head. In this posture any poet can write immortal poetry, any philosopher can
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