 | James Boyd White - 2001 - 316 pages
...glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. (90) What starts as an effort to make a language and a voice with which to live thus becomes itself... | |
 | Thomas Ryan - 2003 - 292 pages
...it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look... .To affect the quality of the day— that is the highest of the arts." All our themes are there in Debra's story: Know who you are. Live your calling to the full.... | |
 | Philip Cafaro - 2010 - 288 pages
...important keeps this ethical position from degenerating into mere aestheticism. The passage continues: "To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest...contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour" (90). In service to this goal, Thoreau repeatedly advocates trying new activities and pursuing diverse... | |
 | Robert Allen Peterson, O. C. Ferrell - 2005 - 306 pages
...it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look. ... To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Note 1 . See also the call to action posted on SIM and IABS listservers by Diane S wanson and William... | |
 | Sandra Harris - 2004 - 134 pages
...but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look. To affect the quality of the day — that is the highest of arts. — Henry David Thoreau 8 The Quest for Excellence Bette Davis by Faye Hicks-Townes But anyway, I just... | |
 | Jeffrey A. Hirsch, Yale Hirsch, Hirsch Organization - 2004 - 196 pages
...879.82 855.70 -2.7 26.4 X 54 1960 -7.1 - 3.0 2004 1111.92 1131.13 1.7 ?? 55 1970 -7.6 0.1 flat MONDAY 10 To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts. — Henry David Thoreau TUESDAY 11 When everybody starts looking really smart, and not realizing... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau, Barry Andrews - 2005 - 308 pages
...glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest...contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour. WALDEN MAY 15 As for the dispute about solitude and society, any comparison is impertinent. It is an... | |
 | Philip Cafaro - 2006 - 289 pages
...important keeps this ethical position from degenerating into mere aestheticism. The passage continues: "To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest...contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour" (90). In service to this goal, Thoreau repeatedly advocates trying new activities and pursuing diverse... | |
 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 pages
...those afar off on the seas may see the shining, and learn their way. ~ Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887 ~ To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. ~ Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862 ~ Every soul that touches yours — Be it the slightest contact Gets... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 2006 - 118 pages
...glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. We are tasked to make our lives, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of our most elevated... | |
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It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect... 
