 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...  Art and Life: A Ruskin Anthology - Page 561by John Ruskin, William Sloane Kennedy - 1886 - 593 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1862 - 420 pages
...MORROW.* The more I think of it, I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, that the greatest work a human soul ever does in this world, is to see something, and to tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk to one who can think, but thousands... | |
 | Warren Burton - Child rearing - 1863 - 392 pages
...sentiment of 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...it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk, to one who thinks ; but thousands can think, to one who can see." The importance and methods of "Object-teaching"... | |
 | Massachusetts. Board of Education - Education - 1863 - 478 pages
...other. Ruskin says — " The more I think of it, I find this conelusion more impressed upon me, that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and to tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk to one who thinks, but thousands can... | |
 | Iowa - 1908 - 774 pages
...sorrow, which weighs upon the heart. ' ' Mr. Ruskin says, "The greatest thing a human soul ever does is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way." I will essay that task. A man entered into a contract with a railroad company whose road ran through... | |
 | Warren Burton - Education - 1863 - 404 pages
...sentiment of 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 tee something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk, to one who thinks;... | |
 | American periodicals - 1864 - 588 pages
...won ! [April, SEEING: IN SCIENCE, ARTS, RELIGION. SOMR years ago I read this brief, bold sentence : ' The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to SRR something, and tell what it SAW in a plain way.' This striking assertion was accompanied by no... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...SEERS AND THINKERS. — 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...is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one. Therefore, finding the world of Literature more or less divided into Thinkers and Seers, I believe... | |
 | Biology - 1886 - 1162 pages
...heritage. Without turning homilist let me close by citing Ruskin and one of the great ancients : " The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something." The Hebrew bard both sang and prayed : " Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold glorious things out... | |
 | 1869 - 290 pages
...no other. Buskin says " 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 to tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk to one who thinks, but thousands can... | |
 | Education - 1869 - 480 pages
...other. Raskin says : " The more 1 think of it, j^find this conclusion more impressed upon me, that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and to tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk to one who thinks, but thousands „... | |
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