 The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 547edited by - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1900 - 274 pages
...superior understanding. Almost all the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times have been witty. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 452 pages
...a talent for observation is dangerous, everything is dangerous that has efficacy and vigor for its characteristics; nothing is safe but mediocrity. The...is eight men, not one man; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1902 - 804 pages
...arrangement adopted presents the different aspects of the great character of Webster. Sydney Smith said that "the meaning of an extraordinary man is that he is EIGHT men, not one man; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 pages
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. . . . The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if... | |
 | 1850 - 698 pages
...a talent for observation is dangerous, everything is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics ; nothing is safe but mediocrity....is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as... | |
 | J. C. Gregory - 1924 - 264 pages
...clearly detected in laughter. A genius is an ordinary man greatly magnified : as Sydney Smith wrote, " The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man"117. An ordinary man is a solitary man magnified by the companionship of society. This social magnification... | |
 | 1855 - 1504 pages
...sentences which he regards as a most perfect though involuntary sketch of the mind that suggested them. " The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as... | |
 | United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education - 1960 - 270 pages
...winning with his humor. He would have qualified under the English essayist Sydney Smith's definition: "The meaning of an extraordinary man is that he is eight men in one man; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1850 - 870 pages
...dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and vigor for its characteristics : nothing is sale but mediocrity. The business is, in conducting the...is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if... | |
 | The Proprietors - 1857 - 686 pages
...all of the papers submitted. Rf J. BRAND, President. FRANKLIN BILL, Secretary. AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN. THE meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as... | |
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