 One comfort is, that great men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him. He is the living light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near.  Martin Luther: Student, Monk, Reformer - Seite xivon John Rae - 1884 - 486 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 Seiten
...gaining something by him. He is «ie living light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be atar. The light which enlightens, which has enlightened...the world ; and this not as a kindled lamp only, but uather as a natural luminary shining by the gift of Heaven ; a flowing light-fountain, as I say, of... | |
 | 1843 - 1068 Seiten
...thoughts that dwelt in the great men sent into the world. . . . We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him. He is the living light-fountain, which it iï good and pleasant to be near. The light which enlightens, which has enlightened the world, and... | |
 | 1919 - 1188 Seiten
...is that great men, taken up in any way, arc profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him....light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near.' The worship of heroes has been common to all the great, emancipating periods of history, for the simple... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1846 - 490 Seiten
...is, that Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him. He is the living light fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. .The light which enlightens, which has enlightened... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 590 Seiten
...these. " Great men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him....enlightened the darkness of the world : and this not a kindled lamp only, but rather as a natural luminary shining by the gift of Heaven ; a flowing light-fountain,... | |
 | Thomas Leverton Donaldson - 1847 - 150 Seiten
...however imperfectly upon a great man without gaining something from him. He is the living light fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. The light,...enlightened the darkness of the world. And this not as a kindred lamp only, but rather as a material luminary, shining by the gift of Heaven ; a flowing light... | |
 | 1855 - 336 Seiten
...of his favorite heroes, ns if he thought, with Carlyle, that " we cannot, look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him....light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near." Carlyle's heroes were, however, the honored dead, while we are called to bestow transcendent admiration... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...neither father nor mothor of it." LamteT. GH I'! Л Т NESS -Human. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him....light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near ; tho light which enlightens, which has enlightened, the darkness of the world ; and this, not as a... | |
 | Henry Griffin Parrish - 1863 - 338 Seiten
...Carlyle, in bidding farewell to the subject of this sketch : " We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him. He is the living light fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near ; the light which enlightens, which has enlightened... | |
 | David Thomas - 1868 - 404 Seiten
...bewailing and in anguish ?" Abersychan. WILLIAM GRIFFITHS. CREATNE88. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by him....living light-fountain which it is good and pleasant to he near ; the light which enlightens, which has enlightened, the darkness of the world ; and this not... | |
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