 | Richard Lanning Sandwick - 1920 - 176 oldal
...The lark, the messenger of day, Saluted in her song the morning gray. 56. Of all the things which men can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are things we call books. 57. He who proposes to be an author, should first be a student. 58. Next to acquiring... | |
 | Arthur Samuel Peake, Alexander James Grieve - 1920 - 1062 oldal
...First hi the Book, and then ID thee." If Carlyle's dictum be true, that " of all things whioh men do make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things called books," we may say with confidence that the greatest of . 1 1 m.-iH achievements is the Bible,... | |
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 432 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...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),... | |
 | Edmund Kemper Broadus - 1921 - 228 oldal
...unincumbered, 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),... | |
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 416 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...sacred Hebrew Book, what have they not done, what are 290 THE REFLECTIVE ESSAY they not doing! — For indeed, whatever be the outward form of the thing... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1923 - 172 oldal
...unencumbered, 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 1 Those poor bits of rag-paper with black ink on them ; — from the Daily Newspaper to the sacred... | |
 | Mrs. Gertrude Martha (Gilbert) Drury - 1924 - 528 oldal
...a revolving case in the reading-room, and keeps up an index to current events. May 1 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... | |
 | Pacific Northwest Library Association - 1926 - 146 oldal
...president Snohomish County Division of Parent-Teacher Associations. Carlyle says, "Of the things that man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous,...wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books." Cooperation on the part of the library and the Parent-Teacher Association to bring more of these "momentous,... | |
 | William Dana Orcutt - 1927 - 380 oldal
...such an opportunity be too highly appreciated ? "Are we not driven to the conclusion," asks Carlyle, "that of the things which man can do or make here...most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things called Books?" CHAPTER III Books "Al Fresco m BOOKS "AL FRESCO" YEARS before my first visit to Paris,... | |
 | William Dana Orcutt - 1928 - 286 oldal
...COMPANY, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States FIRST EDITION c , .) 'i. ,_ " ARE to* not driven to the conclusion that of the things which man can do or make here below, by Jar the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things called Books ? " ' THOMAS CARLYLE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... | |
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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... 
