 | Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1850 - 310 Seiten
...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, —...divided into Thinkers and Seers, I believe we shall also find the Seers are wholly the greater race of the two." But what is the value, let us ask, of... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1922 - 836 Seiten
...who possesses it, Ruskin says, "sees clearly and states what he sees plainly," and he adds, "hundreds can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see." This talent, though it may be improved by practice, is one which I think cannot be acquired. It is... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1856 - 452 Seiten
...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...wholly the greater race of the two. A true Thinker, who has practical purpose in his thinking, and is sincere, as Plato, or Carlyle, or Helps, becomes in some... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1856 - 450 Seiten
...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...the world of Literature more or less divided into Tliinkera and Seers, I believe we shall find also that the Seers are wholly the greater race of the... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 Seiten
...human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saic in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands...wholly the greater race of the two. A true Thinker, who has practical purpose in his thinking, and is sincere, aa ' Plato, or Carlyle, or Helps, becomes in... | |
 | 1864 - 588 Seiten
...assertion was accompanied by no other commentary than this : ' Thousands of people can think for one that can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion ; all in one.' The first impression is, that these are rather strong and sweeping statements; but reflection will... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 Seiten
...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...wholly the greater race of the two. A true Thinker, who has practical purpose in his thinking, and is sincere, as Plato, or Carlyle, or Helps, becomes in some... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1872 - 500 Seiten
...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...wholly the greater race of the two. A true Thinker, who has practical purpose in his thinking, and .s sincere. aa Plato, or Carlyle, or Helps, becomes in some... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 500 Seiten
...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 who can sec. To see clearly, is poetry, prophecj^jand religion,— all in one. Therefore, finding the world... | |
 | 1872 - 420 Seiten
...in this world is to fee something, and tell what it sato in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one. — Ruskin. The school is no place for a man without principle. I repeat, The school is no place for... | |
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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... 
