...developed, the power that makes such spots of time memorable, is imagination. It is not just intellect. It "is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is the countenance of all Science. It is the first and last of all knowledge; it is as immortal as the...

...fellow beings. The Man of Science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor ; he cherishes it and loves it in his solitude. The Poet, singing a song in which all human beings may join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry...

...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...knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in th? countenance of all science." His aim was to bring the subject of poetry, and with it the language...

...preserver of the past. The perfection of its form is in Poetry, of which Wordsworth gives us a definition : "Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is the countenance of all science." Are we not all inclined to seek some path out of the disordered world...

...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...

...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...impassioned expression which is in the countenance of science. . . . Its object is truth, not individual and local, but general and operative; not standing...

...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...knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is on the countenance of science. If the labors of the men of science should ever create any material...

...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...

...the student to see the meaning and to estimate the truth of such a statement as that of Wordsworth: "Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is the countenance of all science." I propose finally to explain how we apply these theories to our composition...

...full measurable ' ; it is of infinite eagerness, and speaks from the heart and to the heart of man. It is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is the countenance of all science. We must, then, recognise the variety in union of art and science. To...