 | 1856 - 412 pages
...fire through л mysterious contact with living soul. Mind grows not, like a vegetable, by having its roots littered with etymological compost, but like a spirit by mysterious contact with spirit; thought kindles itself at the fire of living thought." " Useful information," however... | |
 | 1857 - 600 pages
...catch fire through a mystic contact with living soul. Mind grows not like a vegetable, by having its roots littered with etymological compost, but, like a spirit, by mysterious contact with spirit, thought kindles itself at the tire of living thought." Mr Bannatyne keeps closer to his... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 412 pages
...foster the growth of anything; ' much more of Mind, which grows, not like a vegetable (by having ' its roots littered with etymological compost), but like a Spirit, by ' mysterious contact of Spirit ; Thought kindling itself at the fire ' of living Thought ? How shall he give kindling, in whose own... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1858 - 180 pages
...fire through a mysterious contact with living soul. Mind grows not, like a vegetable, by having its roots littered with etymological compost ; but like a spirit by mysterious contact with spirit ; thought kindles itself at the fire of living thought." Here let us glance at some of... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1866 - 138 pages
...to be anger. growth of anything; much more of Mind, which grows, not like a vegetable (by having its roots littered with etymological compost), but like a Spirit, by mysterious contact of Spirit; Thought kindling itself at the fire of living Thought1 How shall ie give kindling, in whose own inward... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1870 - 326 pages
...foster the growth of anything ; much ' more of Mind, which grows, not like a vegetable (by ' having its roots littered with etymological compost), but ' like a spirit, by mysterious contact of Spirit ; Thought ' kindling itself at the fire of living Thought ? How shall ' lie give kindling, in whose... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, Richard McAllister Smith, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John Patrick McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1879 - 584 pages
...foster the growth of anything, much more the mind, which grows not like a vegetable (by having its roots littered with etymological compost), but like a spirit, by mysterious contact with spirit, — thought kindling itself at the fire of living thought? How shall he give kindling... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1871 - 408 pages
...foster the growth of anythnig; ' ouuch more of Mind, which grows, not like a vegetable (by hanr-i ' its roots littered with etymological compost), but like a Spirit, by ' mysterious contact of Spirit ; Thought kindling itself at the fire • of living Thought? How shall lie give kindling, in whose... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 478 pages
...xcv, 133. — Bearing of force on: Ib., xcv, 131. " Mind grows, not like a vegetable, by having its roots littered with etymological compost, but like a spirit by mysterious contact with spirit ; thought kindles itself at the fire of living thought." Carlyle, Liv. Age, xlii, 541.... | |
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - 1876 - 556 pages
...foster the growth of anything: much more of mind, which grows, not like a vegetable (by having its roots littered with etymological compost), but like a spirit, by mysterious contact with spirit; thought kindling itself at the fire of living thotfght. * * The Hinterschlag professors... | |
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How can an inanimate, mechanical gerundgrinder, the like of whom will, in a subsequent century, be manufactured at Niirnberg out of wood and leather, foster the growth of anything; much more of mind, which grows, not like a vegetable (by having its roots... 
