 | Henri-Dominique Lacordaire - 1860 - 704 σελίδες
..."This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan." The sixth, seizing the swinging tail : "I see", quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a rope." "And so these...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong." The interpretation is personal ; it is an act for itself. We can never fully perceive anything without... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1868 - 496 σελίδες
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope ! " VIII. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 σελίδες
...the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope ; " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope !" And so these...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! 1IORAL. So ;>pt in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Eail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
 | Medical Society of the State of West Virginia - 1901 - 808 σελίδες
...to others still its leg was like a tree, and its tail was like a rope, and its ear was like a fan. "And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...and strong — Though each was partly in the right, So in the estimate of all these contending schools or pathies, from their view point there is an effort... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 σελίδες
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope ! " 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! 9. So, oft in theologic l wars, The disputants,2 I ween,8 Eail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 400 σελίδες
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope ! " 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, THE FIFTH READER. MORAL. 9. So, oft in theologic : wars, The disputants,2 1 ween,3 Rail on in utter... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 516 σελίδες
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope I " VIII. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 σελίδες
...the elephant "is very like a rope" was to him proved beyond dispute. "And so these men of Indoostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly In the right, And all were In the wrong!" And now, if you will permit me to slightly alter the poet's last verse, so as to point the moral to... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 σελίδες
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope!" 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! MORAL. 9. So, oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
 | 1876 - 732 σελίδες
...grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
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the Elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! 
