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" 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... "
The Academy: A Journal of Secondary Education, Issued Monthly Under the ... - Page 4
1888
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The Lancet, Volume 2

1872 - 890 pages
...wrong vben he says : " The more I think of it, the more I find this conclusion impressed upon me — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to ьее something Ко. 2Кб. and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for...
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Proceedings, Volume 30

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 world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way." — HUSK is. Flu. 1. — View of the south end of Loch Uoon from...
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The Moral Relations of Physical Science

Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1850 - 310 pages
...nature. " 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 world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, — all in one. Therefore...
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Modern Painters ...

John Ruskin - 1856 - 452 pages
...work 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 saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can...
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Modern Painters ...

John Ruskin - 1856 - 450 pages
...work 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 saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can...
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The Children's Bower; Or, What You Like, Volume 2

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...
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The True and the Beautiful: In Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 496 pages
...work 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 saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion: Selected ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 pages
...work 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...
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Helps to Education in the Homes of Our Country

Warren Burton - 1863 - 392 pages
...in the sentiment of Ruskin, " 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 saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk, to one who thinks ; but thousands can...
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Helps to Education in the Homes of Our Country

Warren Burton - 1863 - 404 pages
...in the sentiment of Ruskin, " 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 tee something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk, to one who thinks;...
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