 You must either make a tool of the creature, or a man of him. You cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision out of them, and make their fingers...  Selections and Essays - Page 223by John Ruskin - 1918 - 423 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - 1853 - 456 pages
...cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...accomplishment of the mean act. The eye of the soul must be bent upon the finger-point, and the soul's force must fill all the invisible nerves that guide it,... | |
 | 1853 - 166 pages
...nergy ot their spirits must be given to make cogs nd compasses of themselves. All their attention nd strength must go to the accomplishment of the mean act. The eye of the soul must be bent upon he finger-point, and the soul's force must fill al he invisible nerves that guide it,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1854 - 104 pages
...cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...accomplishment of the mean act. The eye of the soul must be bent upon the finger-point, and the soul's force must fill all the invisible nerves that guide it,... | |
 | 1855 - 864 pages
...cannot make both ; men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...you must unhumanize them. All the energy of their «pints must be given to make cogs and compasses of themselves. AH their attention and strength must... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 pages
...cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...accomplishment of the mean act. The eye of the soul must be bent upon the finger-point, and the soul's force must fill all the invisible nerves that guide it,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 458 pages
...cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...attention and strength must go to the accomplishment of tha mean act. The eye of the soul must be bent upon the finger-point, and the soul's force must fill... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...accomplishment of the mean act. The eye of the soul must be bent upon the fingerpoint, and the soul's force must fill all the invisible nerves that guide it,... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - 1871 - 506 pages
...cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...accomplishment of the mean act. The eye of the soul must be bent upon the finger-point, and the soul's force must fill all the invisible nerves that guide it,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 460 pages
...cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...their arms strike curves like compasses, you must unhumaniza them. All the energy of their spirits must be given to make cogs and compasses of themselves.... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 pages
...cannot make both. Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. If you will have that precision...their arms strike curves like compasses, you must unhumanise them. All the energy of their spirits must be given to make cogs and compasses of themselves.... | |
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