 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 194by Maxims - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1865 - 354 pages
...surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, or vein, that runs through the body of it ! What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. — Id. The moral system of nature, or natural religion, approves itself almost intuitively to a reasonable... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 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 lie (lies) hid and (1) Statuary. This... | |
 | United States. Department of Education - Education - 1868 - 934 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... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Education - 1868 - 930 pages
...removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor OH!T 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... | |
 | Bible - 1869 - 404 pages
...is an ill sign. Isa. v. 1-7 ; Amos iii. 2 ; Acts xvii. 30. — Bp. Brownrig. Able of these stones. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education...philosopher, the saint, and the hero, the wise, the good and the great man, very often lie hid in the plebeian ; which a proper education might have disinterred,... | |
 | John Ella - Music - 1869 - 388 pages
...cultivated, encouraged, and rewarded. MUSICAL EDUCATION. " A statue lies hid in a block of marble, and what sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul." Frequent travels abroad, attending religious musical services, and visiting public places of entertainment,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 pages
...What sculpture is' to a block of mirble, education is' to a human sbul. 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 have brought... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 pages
...superfluous mdtter 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 safnt, or the hero—the Enumerawise, the good, or the gréat man—very often lies tloa hid and concealed... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Elocution - 1870 - 104 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 phildsopher, the saint, or the hero— the Enmnerawise, the good, or the great man — very often lies... | |
 | John Ella (director of the Musical union.) - 1872 - 54 pages
...claim to their indulgence. A Greek moralist tells us, " A statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and what sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul." Now, whether a nation is musical, military, nautical, or commercial, is mainly owing to the force of... | |
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