 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 252 Seiten
...own radiantly living face, which wins the spectator's heart as he gazes. — Meissonier. s+ «•» God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. — William E. Channing. .'••• £» Art is more godlike than science. Science discovers; art... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 284 Seiten
...own radiantly living face, which wins the spectator's heart as he gazes. — Meissonier. «•» «» God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. — William E. Channing. :n* «» Art is more godlike than science. Science discovers; art creates.... | |
 | 1914 - 902 Seiten
...periods of life so helpful, so satisfying, and so enduring as a love of good books. Channingwell says: 'God be thanked for books. They are the voices of...the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levelers. They give to all who will faithfully use them the society, the spiritual presence, of the... | |
 | 1910 - 1216 Seiten
...best books great men talk to us, give us their most previous thoughts, and pour their aouls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levelers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the... | |
 | 1909 - 1078 Seiten
...the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.— JEREMY COLLIER. God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. — CHANNING. Thomas Hood says, "My bx>ks kept me from the ring, the dog pit, the tavern, and the saloon.... | |
 | Wayne C. Booth - 1988 - 576 Seiten
...best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages" (1881, 13). ing virtue in his Nicomachean Ethics, "Without friends no one would choose to live, though... | |
 | Isabelle Lehuu - 2003 - 260 Seiten
...folly." The best books would be considered a good thing. "God be thanked for books," said Channing. "They are the voices of the distant and the dead,...make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages." A good selection of books by real thinkers — the sacred writers, along with Milton, Shakespeare,... | |
 | Katherine Hall Page - 2009 - 382 Seiten
...service to the individual memorialized. He started his eulogy with William Ellery Channing's words: God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the... | |
 | Wayne C. Booth - 2006 - 382 Seiten
...books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the...heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are true levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence,... | |
 | Ben Carson, Cecil Murphey - 2005 - 275 Seiten
...us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. I They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are true levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence,... | |
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God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. 
