 | Henri-Dominique Lacordaire - 1860 - 704 pages
...swinging tail : "I see", quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a rope." "And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong." The interpretation is personal ; it is an act for itself. We can never fully perceive anything without... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1868 - 496 pages
...scope, " I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope ! " VIII. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 pages
...his scope ; " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope !" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So apt in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Kail on in utter ignorance Of what each other... | |
 | Medical Society of the State of West Virginia - 1901 - 808 pages
...like a tree, and its tail was like a rope, and its ear was like a fan. "And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...and strong — Though each was partly in the right, So in the estimate of all these contending schools or pathies, from their view point there is an effort... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 pages
...his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope ! " 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! 9. So, oft in theologic l wars, The disputants,2 I ween,8 Eail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 400 pages
...his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope ! " 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, THE FIFTH READER. MORAL. 9. So, oft in theologic : wars, The disputants,2 1 ween,3 Rail on in utter... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 516 pages
...scope, " I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope I " VIII. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 pages
...the elephant "is very like a rope" was to him proved beyond dispute. "And so these men of Indoostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly In the right, And all were In the wrong!" And now, if you will permit me to slightly alter the poet's last verse, so as to point the moral to... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope!" 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! MORAL. 9. So, oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
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And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! 
