 | Illinois State Bar Association - 1901 - 780 sider
...inimitable style, that "Great men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We can not look even imperfectly upon a great man without gaining something by him. He is the living light fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. The light which enlightens; which has enlightened... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1901 - 344 sider
...BRYANT. 5. The country was to be defended, and to be saved, before it could be enjoyed.—WEBSTER. 6. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by him.—CARLYLE. 7. In an attitude imploring, Hands upon his bosom crossed, Wondering, worshipping,... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1903 - 600 sider
...even imperfectly upon a great man without gaining something by him. He is the living light fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. The light...which has enlightened the darkness of the world, and thus, not as a kindled lamp only, but rather as a natural luminary shining by the gift of Heaven; a... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1903 - 592 sider
...inimitable style, that " Great men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look even imperfectly upon a great man without gaining something by him. He is the living light fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. The light which enlightens; which has enlightened... | |
 | 1903 - 772 sider
...REVIEWS, CUPPINGS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS GATHERED FROM THE NEWEST PUBLICATIONS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA ' We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by him." — CARLYLE. (Redrawn from The Sketch.) Why England Declines A run through England just now is a melancholy... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1903 - 610 sider
...Thomas Carlyle has said : " One comfort is that great men taken up in any way are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by it. He is the living fountain of life, which it is pleasant to be near. . . . On any terms whatsoever... | |
 | Mary Minerva Barrows - 1904 - 216 sider
...place to place, And whispers to the worlds of space, In the deep night, that all is well. Tennyson. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great...without gaining something by him. He is the living life-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near; the light which enlightens, which has enlightened,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 422 sider
...justice to in this place! One comfort is, that Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great...of the world; and this not as a kindled lamp only, 5 but rather as a natural luminary shining by the gift of Heaven; a flowing light-fountain, as I say,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1907 - 320 sider
...justice to in this place ! One comfort is, that Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great...without gaining something by him. He is the living light -fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. The light which enlightens, which has enlightened... | |
 | Constance M. Whishaw - 1908 - 402 sider
...too say to ourselves, Let us also be men." Amiel's Journal. influence of ©reat dfcen JANUARY 20 " WE cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great...without gaining something by him. He is the living life-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near ; the light which enlightens, which has enlightened,... | |
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We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him. He is the living light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. 
