How Long to Read John Woolman's Journal

How Long Does it Take to Read John Woolman's Journal?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 7 minutes to read John Woolman's Journal by John Woolman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

From the days of Charles Lamb to those of Dr. Eliot of Harvard, the unique charm and worth of the Journal of John Woolman have been signalled by a thinker of distinction here and there, and the book, if not widely known, has quietly found its way to many hearts and been reprinted in sundry editions. The more formal works, however, in which this gentle and audacious eighteenth-century Quaker-preacher spoke out his whole careful mind have been for the most part neglected. These works are sometimes prosy, always indifferent to style in their unflinching quest for "pure wisdom." The present edition, while making no claim to critical completeness, presents the main accessible body of Woolman's writings. Here is a well of purest water, "dug deep," to use the Quaker phrase. The mere limpidity of the water will be joy enough for some: others gazing into it may feel that they see down to the proverbial Truth--the very origin of things, the foundations of the moral universe. A studious moderation of utterance is the first quality to make itself felt in Woolman's works. To casual or jaded readers who crave the word-embroidery, the heightened note, of the romanticist in style, the result may seem colourless. Here is a lack of adjectives, an entire absence of emphasis, a systematic habit of under-statement that, in the climax of a paragraph or the crisis of an emotion, seems at times almost ludicrous. Yet to the reader of severer taste, this very absence of emphasis, so quaintly sober, so sensitive in its unfaltering reticence, becomes the choicest grace of Woolman's style. As is the style, so is the man. Woolman "studied to be quiet," and his steady self-discipline was rewarded by a scrupulous yet instinctive control over the finest shades of verity in speech and life. CONTENTS Advertisement to the Reader The Testimony of Friends in Yorkshire A Testimony of the Monthly-Meeting of Friends A Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman The Last Epistle and Other Writings Considerations on the True Harmony of Mankind An Epistle to the Quarterly and Monthly-Meetings of Friends Remarks on Sundry Subjects Some Expressions of John Woolman in his Last Illness

How long is John Woolman's Journal?

John Woolman's Journal by John Woolman is 298 pages long, and a total of 76,884 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read John Woolman's Journal Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours to read John Woolman's Journal aloud.

What Reading Level is John Woolman's Journal?

John Woolman's Journal is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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