 What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have dis-interred, and...  Maxims, observations & reflections on morality and religion; selected from ... - Page 1by T Nixon - 1806 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 pages
...perfection, which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance. The philosopher, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid in a plebeian, which a proper education might have disinterred and have brought to light. Men's passions... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1860 - 354 pages
...shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, or vein, that runs through the body of it ! What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. — Id. The moral system of nature, or natural religion, approves itself almost intuitively to a reasonable... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1860 - 216 pages
...deprived* of her sceptre*, - and - hypocrisy' - without* her mask'. 2. The philosopher' - the saint' - or the hero*, - the wise' - the good' - or the great* man* - very often lies hid and concealed in a plebeian', - which a proper education' - might have disinterred', and brought... | |
 | Periodicals - 1876 - 846 pages
...Speaking of" Hints to Parents and Guardians "recalls to mind the remark of Addison : " What sculptor is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul." But where is the marble? Is it in the young lady whose father, when he places her in school, says :... | |
 | Johannes Fölsing - 1861 - 282 pages
...an ba« Dbige: Hospitality to the exile , and broken bones to the tyrant. An index to a book. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. What is that to you? This is nothing to what I have 58 seen (im SJergtfidj mit). The character of this... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1862 - 638 pages
...removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to the block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint or the hero, the wise, the good or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1862 - 324 pages
...shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, or vein, that run* through the body of it! What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.—Id. The saint or moralist should tread [He seeks,] like me, the secret shade, This moss-grown... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Education, Elementary - 1863 - 272 pages
...superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - English essays - 1864 - 344 pages
...superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in stone, the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian,... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero; the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lies hid and concealed in a plebeian,... | |
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