 They look back to the days of childhood as of greatest happiness, because those were the days of greatest wonder, greatest simplicity, and most vigorous imagination. And the whole difference between a man of genius and other men, it has been said a thousand...  The Works of John Ruskin - Page 66by John Ruskin - 1904Full view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - 1853 - 402 pages
...it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, is that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual...eternal admiration, delight, and creative force within i. PRIDE or SCIENCE. II. ROMAN RENAISSANCE. 53 him meeting the ocean of visible and governable things... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1858 - 328 pages
...difference between a man of genius and other men is, that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual wonder, not conscious of much knowledge, but conscious rather of infinite ignorance §." Then, again, in estimating the wisdom of the young,... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1865 - 502 pages
...has been said a thousand times, and most • truly, is that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual...That is what we have to make men, so far as we may. All are to be men of genius in their degree, — rivulets or rivers, it does not matter, so that the... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1866 - 374 pages
...it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, is that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual wonder, not conscious of much knowledge,—conscious, rather, of infinite ignorance, and yet infinite power ; a fountain of eternal... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 372 pages
...it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, is that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual...That is what we have to make men, so far as we may. All are to be men of genius in their degree, — rivulets or rivers, it does not matter, so that the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, is that the first remains in great part a child,! seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual...ocean of visible and governable things around him. — SV in. ch. ii. § 28, 29. THINGS NEVER SEEN COMPLETELY. — Some years ago, as I was talking of... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1869 - 364 pages
...it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, 4s that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual...That is what we have to make men, so far as we may. All are to be men of genius in their degree, — rivulets or rivers, it does not matter, so that the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 470 pages
...it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, is that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual...infinite ignorance, and yet infinite power; a fountain 01 eternal admiration, delight, and creative force within him meeting the ocean of visible and governable... | |
 | 1874 - 576 pages
...difference between a man of genius and another man is that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual wonder, not conscious of much knowledge, but conscious rather of infinite ignorance. MOON'S PHASES. New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1875 - 80 pages
...it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, is that the first remains in great part a child seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual...ocean of visible and governable things around him. — SV III. ch. ii. § 28, 29. V ... | |
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