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" And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... "
A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors ... - Page 57
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Sprache, Bewusstsein, Stil: theoretische und historische Perspektiven

Thomas Krefeld, Wulf Oesterreicher, Hans-Martin Gauger - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 336 pages
...betrifft. Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them [...], a good Book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. (Milton 1963, 280) Diese Formulierung bestätigt einmal mehr, daß die ägyptische...
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The Mentor: The True Story of an Hourly Factory Employee who Became ...

Tim Hendricks - 2005 - 276 pages
...bring new life to people in generations to come. The famous poet John Milton wrote of a biography, "It is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." That type of book never ceases to exert an uplifting and ennobling influence on...
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Forme della censura

Massimiliano Morini, Romana Zacchi - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 218 pages
...but who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmend and treasured on purpose to a life beyond life» (trad. mia). morte di...
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Areopagitica

John Milton - Philosophy - 2006 - 102 pages
...but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age...
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The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know

Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true, no age can...
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Toward Spiritual Sovereignty: A Secular Bible

John W. Casperson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2007 - 256 pages
...but he who destroys a good book, kills Reason itself, kills the Image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth; but a good...life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured upon purpose to a life beyond life."— John "M.HtQn.,Areopaigitica.jQhn Milton was a genius. It does...
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The Human Rights Reader: Major Political Essays, Speeches, and Documents ...

Micheline Ishay - Law - 2007 - 590 pages
...but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true, no age can...
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Green Rape: Poetry for the Environment

Peter W. Vakunta - Cameroon - 2008 - 78 pages
...those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views ofLangaa RPCIG. DEDICATION V^tvtfv* «/ ( lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life [Milton] Acknowledgement...
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