Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Wilder’s injunction treats “the lofty” as something one can deliberately cultivate through daily contact with exemplary art and thought. The triad—reading, hearing, seeing—spans literature, music/speech, and the visual arts, implying that elevation of mind is not confined to one medium. The phrase “at some moment every day” frames aesthetic and intellectual nourishment as a habit rather than an occasional luxury: a small, regular practice that gradually shapes taste, judgment, and moral imagination. In this view, greatness is contagious; by repeatedly placing oneself in the presence of high achievement, one learns to aspire beyond the trivial and to measure one’s own life against enduring standards.