| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1892 - 782 pages
...factors in the formation of such an ideal? " Have yon ever rightly considered," says Lowell, " what the ability to read means? That it is the key which admits...To the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and wittiest, at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1905 - 612 pages
...train of sparkling loveliness, widening as the ship goes on." Lowell likens the ability to read to a key " which admits us to the whole world of thought...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moments." This would make a book, by the same metaphor, a doorway.... | |
| Annie H. Ryder - 1886 - 200 pages
...20. Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy...wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moments ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to... | |
| Annie H. Ryder - 1886 - 200 pages
...no looking up nor reaching out there is no growth nor spiritual attainment. JOSEPHINE POLLARD. 20. Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination, to the company of saint and... | |
| Charles Francis Richardson - 1886 - 568 pages
...Amurath to Amurath succeeds " ? Do we know as much of any authentic Danish prince as of Hamlet ? . . . Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination ; to the company of saint and... | |
| Charles Francis Richardson - 1889 - 572 pages
...Amurath to Amurath succeeds " ? Do we know as much of any authentic Danish prince as of Hamltt ? . . . Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination ; to the company of saint and... | |
| 1887 - 524 pages
...; " it is from thee alone I took that beautiful style -which has done me honor." ALBERT H. VOTAW. " HAVE you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination, to the company of saint and... | |
| Frank Parsons, Fred Erastus Crawford, H. T. Richardson - 1889 - 156 pages
...and tender as woman, they welcome you in every mood, and never turn from you in distress." Lowell. " Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination, to the company of saint and... | |
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