 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1905 - 612 pages
...was a more discriminating book-lover than Lowell ? But have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key which admits...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moments ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1886 - 284 pages
...that will make learning more easily accessible. But have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key which admits...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes,... | |
 | Annie H. Ryder - Calendars - 1886 - 200 pages
...20. Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moments ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes,... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1886 - 568 pages
.... . . Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes,... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - Best books - 1887 - 48 pages
...realise what the ability to read and the access to books mean. To use the words of Lowell, they mean that " It is the key which admits us to the whole...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment. That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes,... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1889 - 572 pages
.... . . Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes,... | |
 | Education - 1887 - 524 pages
...VOTAW. " HAVE you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key that admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moments ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes,... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...the author. 4631 Lon9fellow: Drift- Wood. Table Talk. Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key which admits...to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment ? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes,... | |
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But have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means ? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and... 
