 I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one...  The Abdominal Brain - Σελίδα 2των Leila G. Bedell - 1885 - 45 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Henry Drummond - 1899 - 336 σελίδες
...John Ruskin : — " The more I think of it, I find this conclusion more impressed upon me — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a 132 CLAIRVOYANCE plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think ; but thousands... | |
 | Newell Dwight Hillis - 1899 - 64 σελίδες
...to boughs and buds and birds he found out all their secrets. One of our wisest teachers has said, " The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world, is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk, for one who can think. But thousands can think... | |
 | 1899 - 880 σελίδες
...mosaic, but they are useless until the hand of genius touches and combines them into a work of beauty. The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and then tell what it sees in a plain and positive way. Such were the old prophets, such are poets, musicians,... | |
 | 1900 - 654 σελίδες
...impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think : but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and... | |
 | William Henry Groves - 1901 - 124 σελίδες
...observation. — MAURY. The more I think of it, I find this conclusion more im pressed upon me, that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk to one who thinks, but thousands can think to one... | |
 | Otological Society of the United Kingdom - 1901 - 206 σελίδες
...below." || " The more I think of it," says Buskin, " I find this conclusion more impressed upon me—that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what * "Paradise Lost," book vi. line 493. t Hid, book i. line 16. J Poem by AH Clough, "Say not the struggle... | |
 | Ida Maria Street - 1901 - 484 σελίδες
...done by these two men, the more I think of it I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for... | |
 | Francis Nathan Peloubet - 1901 - 432 σελίδες
...not meant as such, for all his kindness." '•' LESSONS FROM THE BLIND MKN. 1. Mr. Rnskin says that "the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and to tell what it sees in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think ; but thousands... | |
 | Mervin Lane - 1990 - 382 σελίδες
...for a long time? Maybe practical considerations would sometimes hold the passions in check? "... that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for... | |
 | Regenia Gagnier - 1991 - 334 σελίδες
...nature" (49). In what is probably his most celebrated passage, Ruskin wrote in Modern Painters III, "The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one." Ruskin would... | |
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