Chinese and Arabian Literature - E. Wilson - The Search For Mecca

INTRODUCTION 51
To study a literature like that of the Arabians, even partially
and in a translation, is one of those experiences which enlarge
and stimulate the mind and expand its range of impressions
with a distinctly elevating and liberalizing effect. It has the
result of genuine education, in that it increases our capacity
for sympathy for other peoples, making us better acquainted
with the language in which they reveal that common human
heart which they share with us. E. W.