 | 1886 - 656 trang
...upon its cover the motto : " Let tongue rest and quiet thy quill be." It is of unusual interest. — People are always talking about originality ; but...will ? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favor. — Goethe.... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1890 - 344 trang
...u- *. » « T) I 1 a quotation. trom all his ancestors. " People are always talking," said Goethe, "about originality ; but what do they mean ? As soon...begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end." " So far as respects my own taste," says the author of Modern Chivalry, " I read with great pleasure... | |
 | 1891 - 556 trang
...benevolence. Ooldemitk. MEANING» OF. People are always talking about originality ; but what do they mean Т As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon...we call our own, except energy, strength, and will Т If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would... | |
 | 1899 - 502 trang
...but how the subject matter is to become personal we are not told. Mr. Mabie quotes from Goethe : ' ' People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean ? As soon as we are born, the world beg1ns to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. And, after all, what can we call our own except... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1897 - 582 trang
...other," said Lord Langdale, " the world would kick the beam." " As soon as we are born," said Goethe, " the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end." " Speak to the earth and it shall teach thee," said Job. And this our life, exempt from public haunt,... | |
 | Nathan Christ Schaeffer - 1900 - 360 trang
...Goethe's views of originality are these : "We are always talking about originality, but what do we mean ? As soon as we are born the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. A a- n v. , II , Originality. After all, what can we call our own except our energy, strength, and... | |
 | John Lancaster Spalding - 1900 - 240 trang
...might have looked for in vain. " We are always talking about originality," he says, " but what do we mean ? As soon as we are born the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. After all, what can we call our own, except our energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account... | |
 | John Lancaster Spalding - 1900 - 252 trang
...might have looked for in vain. " We are always talking about originality," he says, " but what do we mean ? As soon as we are born the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. After all, what can we call our own, except our energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account... | |
 | John Lancaster Spalding - 1900 - 238 trang
...might have looked for in vain. " We are always talking about originality," he says, " but what do we mean ? As soon as we are born the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. After all, what can we call our own, except our energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account... | |
 | John Lancaster Spalding - 1900 - 240 trang
...begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. After all, what can we call our own, except our energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and co-temporaries, there would be little left of my own." It is this modest... | |
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People are always talking about originality ; but what do they mean ? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. And, after all, what can we call our own except energy, strength, and will ? If I could give an... 
