---
title: 'Hobbies'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas De Witt Talmage'
date: 1868-12-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Job 1'
- 'Proverbs 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/talmage-1868-hobbies
---

# Hobbies

1868 magazine essay on books, reading, and 'hobbies.' It urges balanced, cultured reading and warns against obsessive single-topic pursuits and perpetual complaining.

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