 The Man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude: the Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion.  New Englander and Yale Review - Page 558edited by - 1875Full view - About this book
 | John Buchan - 1923 - 746 pages
...between poetry and prose, but\ between poetry and matter of fact, or science. " The man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor ; he...truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is... | |
 | Florence Melian Stawell, Francis Sydney Marvin - 1923 - 408 pages
...causes of our disappointment. " The man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor : the poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoicing in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath... | |
 | Joseph Alexander Leighton - 1924 - 394 pages
...is this wider sense of the term poetry that Wordsworth has in mind when he says : The Man of Science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor ; he...truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in... | |
 | Edmund David Jones - 1924 - 636 pages
...us, and by no habitual and direct sympathy connecting us with our fellowbeings. The Man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor ; he...truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is... | |
 | Arthur Stephen Hoyt - 1924 - 314 pages
...divineness of being. He saw the richer field of imagination through the labors of men. "The man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor; he...truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1262 pages
...us, and by no habitual and direct sympathy connecting us with our fellow-beings. The Man of Science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor ; he...truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...us, and by no habitual and direct sympathy connecting us with our fellow-beings. The Man of Science . As the rude and untaught multitude are Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is... | |
 | Gilbert Murray - 1927 - 294 pages
...use of it to explain the essence of poetry. "The poet, singing a song in which all human beings join him, rejoices in the presence of Truth as our visible friend and hourly companion." An ancient mystic might say "Dionysus" or "Hermes" instead of "Truth"; but otherwise the statement... | |
 | Alan W. Bellringer, C. B. Jones - 1980 - 176 pages
...us. and by no habitual and direct sympathy connecting us with our fellow-beings. The Man of Science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor; he...truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in... | |
 | John Elder - 1985 - 256 pages
...our fellow-beings. The man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor; he cherishes it in his solitude; the poet, singing a song in which...truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in... | |
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