 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...  Ethical Addresses - Page 481904Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 890 pages
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 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1910 - 756 pages
...they have at all times given me. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUNDEE. (I**ual separately January 12, 1910.) " The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this...see something and tell what it saw in a plain way." — HUSK is. Flu. 1. — View of the south end of Loch Uoon from Portmark, looking towards Merrick,... | |
 | Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1850 - 310 pages
..." The more I think of it," oracularly declares John Ruskin, " I find it more impressed upon me that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this...see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, — all in one. Therefore finding the world of literature... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1922 - 836 pages
...who possesses it, Ruskin says, "sees clearly and states what he sees plainly," and he adds, "hundreds can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see." This talent, though it may be improved by practice, is one which I think cannot be acquired. It is... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1856 - 452 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...think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one. Therefore, finding the world of Literature... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1856 - 450 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...think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one. Therefore, finding the world of Literature... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1858 - 328 pages
...that road, and adopting on that point childlike habits. " The greatest thing," he says elsewhere, " a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. To see clearly is poetry and religion." Then, for the selection of facts are manhood and age, think... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 496 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...think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly, is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one. Therefore, finding the world of... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1859 - 504 pages
...this conclusion more impressed ,: upon me,—that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in , I this world is to see something, and tell what it saw...think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly, is poetry, prophecy, and religion,—all in one. Therefore, finding the world of Literature... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 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 world is to see something, and tell what it saic in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for... | |
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