 | 1918 - 2030 pages
...men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right And all were in the wrong!...what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen I John Godfrey Saxe [1816-1887] THE PHILOSOPHER'S SCALES A MONK, when his... | |
 | George James Smith - 1918 - 120 pages
...men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong; Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong. —JG Saxe. Questions, to be answered in complete sentences. 1. Give the riming words in each stanza.... | |
 | Henry Seidel Canby, John Baker Opdycke - 1918 - 416 pages
...men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right And all were in the wrong ! GOING DOWNHILL ON A BICYCLE A BOY'S SONG (By Henry Charles Beeching) With lifted feet, hands still,... | |
 | Magnus Washington Alexander - 1918 - 30 pages
...each according to his own impression, sharply disputed with one another the elephant's shape, and " each was partly in the right and all were in the wrong." In similar manner we are too prone to view many problems from our own particular angle and to consider... | |
 | Arthur Lee - 1918 - 320 pages
...men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong ; Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong. JOHN GODFREY SAXE OHAL EXERCISE 1. As you read this poem to yourself, imagine the six blind men standing... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1919 - 424 pages
...men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, , Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! JOHN G. SAXE. HELPS TO STUDY 1. Tell the story in your own words. 2. What is the lesson? 3. Why was... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith, Lida Brown McMurry - 1919 - 360 pages
..."the elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right And all were in the wrong! — JOHN G. SAXE. Imagine the blind men standing beside the elephant and feeling it with their hands.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1920 - 390 pages
...men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! XCVII. A HOME SCENE. Donald Grant Mitchell (6. 1822, ). This popular American writer was born in Norwich,... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1920 - 424 pages
...men of Indostan 20 Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! NOTES AND QUESTIONS Discussion. 1. How could blind men "see" the elephant? 2. To what did each compare... | |
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the Elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong... 
