Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 44
Page 421
... scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said , " All things have two handles : be- ware of the wrong one . " In life , too often , the scholar errs with mankind and forfeits his privilege . Let us see him in his school , and ...
... scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said , " All things have two handles : be- ware of the wrong one . " In life , too often , the scholar errs with mankind and forfeits his privilege . Let us see him in his school , and ...
Page 426
... scholar should be a recluse , a valetudinarian , —as unfit for any handiwork or public labor as a penknife for an axe . The so - called " practical men " sneer at speculative men , as if , because they speculate or see , they could do ...
... scholar should be a recluse , a valetudinarian , —as unfit for any handiwork or public labor as a penknife for an axe . The so - called " practical men " sneer at speculative men , as if , because they speculate or see , they could do ...
Page 429
... scholar by nature , by books , and by action . It remains to say some- what of his duties . They are such as become Man Thinking . They may all be comprised in self - trust . The office of the scholar is to cheer , to raise , and to ...
... scholar by nature , by books , and by action . It remains to say some- what of his duties . They are such as become Man Thinking . They may all be comprised in self - trust . The office of the scholar is to cheer , to raise , and to ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
28 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adams Address American Applause Atlantic Telegraph Company beautiful believe better born cable called century character Charles Sumner civilization coeducation Columbus CYRUS WEST FIELD death democracy Duluth duty earth EDWARD EVERETT HALE England fact faculty feel future genius gentlemen GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR give glory hand heart honor hope human hundred imagination institutions knowledge labor land learned literature live look Macbeth Massachusetts means memory ment mind modern moral nation nature never noble Photogravure political profession Puritan question race religion scholar schools slave slavery social society soul South Southern speak spirit teach things thought Thucydides tion to-day true truth Voltaire Washington Irving wealth WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE women words write young youth