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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Rudyard Kipling

Powerful, Reading, Communication

Speech, 14 Feb. 1923, in The Times 15 Feb. 1923

One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. If a man is keen on reading, I think he ought to open his mind to some older man who knows him and his life, and to take his advice in the matter, and above all, to discuss with him the first books that interest him.

Rudyard Kipling

Book, Reading, Men

Rudyard Kipling, John Lockwood Kipling, Charles Wolcott Balestier (1928). “The Writings in Prose and Verse: A book of words”