 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
 | 1881 - 530 pages
...iii., pt. iv., ch. xvi.) " The more I think of it I find this conclusion more impresses me — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this...clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one." Notice that in Stanley the perception is always concrete and intellectual only. In a lecture he delivered... | |
 | Birmingham historical society - 1881 - 400 pages
...iii., pt. iv., eh. xvi.) " The more I think of it I find this conclusion more impresses me — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this...clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one." Notice that in Stanley the perception is always concrete and intellectual only. In a lecture he delivered... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.) - Education - 1877 - 300 pages
...the senses. Ruskin 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... | |
 | Ambrose Loomis Ranney - Central nervous system - 1881 - 548 pages
...ILLUSTRATIONS. "The greatest thin? a human soul ever does In this worM is to see .-mm -thing, and tell what he saw In a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one that can think, but thousands can think tor one who coo see. To see clearly Is poetry, prophecy, and... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...prayers his own, they are his own prayers ascending up to God's throno. (Punehon. DIAMOND DUST. 523 The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this...clearly, is poetry, prophecy, and religion, all in one. (Ruikin. There can be no real conflict between Science and the Bible — between nature and the Scriptures... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - English literature - 1883 - 932 pages
...prayers hia own, they are his own prayers ascending up to God's throne. (Punshon. DIAMOND DUST. 523 The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this...Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, bat thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly, is poetry, prophecy, and religion, all... | |
 | Education - 1902 - 730 pages
...down as any other form of insincerity. We should remind our pupils frequently of what Ruskin says : "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." These remarks, you may say, may apply to all branches of learning.... | |
 | Margaret Steuart Calderwood - Benelux countries - 1884 - 456 pages
...Oolumc IS INSCRIBED. ' 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." John Raskin. TO THE READER A MONGST those who think and read there are some who feel it to be a characteristic... | |
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1885 - 654 pages
...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...is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one. Therefore, finding the world of Literature more or less divided into Thinkers and Seers, I believe... | |
 | Joseph Livesey - Social reformers - 1885 - 376 pages
...highest type, declares : "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." If Mr. Buskin is correct in his estimate, Mr. Livesey has most assuredly rendered to his fellows the... | |
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