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" What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have dis-interred, and... "
Maxims for meditation, conceits for conversation, gems of genius, pearls of ... - Page 194
by Maxims - 1852
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The Elements of Elocution, Etc

Charles Richson - 1860 - 216 pages
...deprived* of her sceptre*, - and - hypocrisy' - without* her mask'. 2. The philosopher' - the saint' - or the hero*, - the wise' - the good' - or the great* man* - very often lies hid and concealed in a plebeian', - which a proper education' - might have disinterred', and brought...
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The National Quarterly Review, Volumes 33-34

Periodicals - 1876 - 846 pages
...Speaking of" Hints to Parents and Guardians "recalls to mind the remark of Addison : " What sculptor is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul." But where is the marble? Is it in the young lady whose father, when he places her in school, says :...
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Lehrbuch der englischen Sprache: Th. Lehrbuch für den wissenschaftlichen ...

Johannes Fölsing - 1861 - 282 pages
...(фиф an ba« Dbige: Hospitality to the exile , and broken bones to the tyrant. An index to a book. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. What is that to you? This is nothing to what I have 58 seen (im SJergtfidj mit). The character of this...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 11

Henry Barnard - Education - 1862 - 638 pages
...removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to the block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint or the hero, the wise, the good or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which...
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The Institutes of English Grammar ...: And a Key to the Oral Exercises, to ...

Goold Brown - English language - 1862 - 324 pages
...surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, or vein, that run* through the body of it! What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.—Id. The saint or moralist should tread [He seeks,] like me, the secret shade, This moss-grown...
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Papers on Popular Education and School-keeping

Robert Sullivan - Education, Elementary - 1863 - 272 pages
...superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian,...
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The Revised Lesson Book for Standard I(-vi) of the Revised Code of the ...

Great Britain. Committee on Education - Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero; the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lies hid and concealed in a plebeian,...
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Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"

Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - English essays - 1864 - 344 pages
...the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in stone, the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian,...
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Foliorum centuriae, selections for translation into Latin and Greek prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...perfection, which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance. The philosopher or the hero, the wise, the good or the great man, very often lie hid in a plebeian, which a proper education might have disinterred and have brought to light. Men's passions...
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The Works of Joseph Addison Complete in Three Volumes Embracing ..., Volume 1

Joseph Addison - English essays - 1864 - 472 pages
...removes the rub)ish. The figure is in the stone, the sculp;or only finds it. What sculpture is to a )lock of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the lero, the wise, the good, or the great man, ery often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which...
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