 | Melvil Dewey - 1886 - 324 oldal
...bosom friend is here written out to us, the strangers of another age." And his friend Carlyle adds : "Of the things which man can do or make here below,...wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call books." Cic'ero says : — " Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age ; the ornament of prosperity;... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1887 - 232 oldal
...that from all their conquests, so rich in benefit to others, themselves should reap so little. Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by...wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call books" Emerson has justly remarked that " they prize books most who are themselves wise" — since they know... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1888 - 202 oldal
...free, unencumbered, visible to all. Democracy virtually extant will insist on becoming palpably extant. On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion...BOOK, what have they not done, what are they not doing ! — For indeed, whatever be the outward form of the thing (bits of paper, as we say, and black ink),... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1888 - 192 oldal
...unencumbered, visible to all. Democracy virtually extant will insist on becoming palpably extant. — ' On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion...call books? Those poor bits of rag-paper with black itik on them j — from the daily newspaper to the sacred Hebrew BOOK, what have they not done, what... | |
 | thomas carlyle - 1888
...unincumbered, visible to all. Democracy virtually extant will insist on becoming palpably extant. — On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion...wonderful and worthy are the things we call Books ! Thoso poor bits of rag-paper with black ink on them ; — from the ] iaily Newspaper to the sacred... | |
 | University of the State of New York - 1888 - 276 oldal
...bosom friend is here written out to us, the strangers of another age." And his friend Carlyie adds : " Of the things which man can do or make here below,...wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call books. ' Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance. Four words... | |
 | Melvil Dewey - 1888 - 20 oldal
...bosom friend is here written out to us, the strangers of another age." And his friend Carlyle adds : " Of the things which man can do or make here below,...wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call books." Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance. Four words... | |
 | Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - 1892 - 524 oldal
...direction and aim. the great gift may prove a curse rather than a blessing. Carlyle says: " < )f all things which man can do or make here below, by far...wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call books." And yet, wonderful and worthy as they may be, there is choice of books as well as of friends, and the... | |
 | Melvil Dewey, Richard Rogers Bowker, L. Pylodet, Charles Ammi Cutter, Bertine Emma Weston, Karl Brown, Helen E. Wessells - 1893 - 568 oldal
...revolving case In the reading-room, and keeps up an index to current events. May I quote Carlyle ? " Of the things which man can do or make here below,...wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books," and that other assertion of his, " The true university of these days Is a collection of books." Such... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1893 - 372 oldal
...free, unencumbered, visible to all. Democracy virtually extant will insist on becoming palpably extant. On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion...things which man can do or make here below, by far the rnost momentous, wonderful and worthy are the things we call Books ! Those poor bits of rag-paper with... | |
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On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion that, of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful and worthy are the things we call Books... 
