 I conceive that books are like men's souls ; divided into sheep and goats. Some few are going up, and carrying us up, heavenward ; calculated, I mean, to be of priceless advantage in teaching, — in forwarding the teaching of all generations. Others,...  Collected Works - Pagina 315door Thomas Carlyle - 1869Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1881 - 396 pagina’s
...books, especially by our younger readers. " There are," says a great author, " good books and bad books. Some few are going up, and carrying us up, heavenward...a frightful multitude, are going down, down; doing even the more, and the wider, and the wilder mischief. Keep a strict eye on that latter class of books,... | |
 | 1878 - 604 pagina’s
...books may, like men's souls, be divided into sheep and goats. Some go up, and carry us heavenward — " others, a frightful multitude, are going down, down...the more, and the wider and the wilder mischief." Nothing is more imperatively necessary than the power to discriminate between good and bad books, between... | |
 | Book-lover - 1883 - 262 pagina’s
...heavonward ; ealeulated, I mean, to bo of prieeless advantage in teaehing, — In forwarding the teaehing of all generations. Others, a frightful multitude, are going down, down ; doing over the more and tho wider and the wilder misehief. Keep a striet eyo on that latter elass of books,... | |
 | 1884 - 532 pagina’s
...it down somewhere else, I conceive that books are like men's souls ; divided into sheep and goats. Some few are going up, and carrying us up, heavenward...eye on that latter class of books, my young friends 1 — And for the rest, in regard to all your studies and readings here, and to whatever you may learn,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1884 - 234 pagina’s
...written it down somewhere else, I conceive that books are like men's souls, divided into sheep and goats. Some few are going up, and carrying us up, heavenward;...eye on that latter class of books, my young friends !" Speaking of those books whose inward character and influence it is hard at first to discern, John... | |
 | Stafford Henry Northcote Earl of Iddesleigh - 1885 - 70 pagina’s
...like men's souls, divided into sheep and goats. Some few are going up and carrying us up heavenwards, calculated, I mean, to be of priceless advantage in...going down, down, doing ever the more and the wider mischief. Keep a strict eye on that latter class of books, and for the rest, in regard to all your... | |
 | Stafford Henry Northcote Earl of Iddesleigh - 1885 - 90 pagina’s
...like men's souls, divided into sheep and goats. Some few are going up and carrying us up heavenwards, calculated, I mean, to be of priceless advantage in...going down, down, doing ever the more and the wider mischief. Keep a strict eye on that latter class of books, and for the rest, in regard to all your... | |
 | 1887 - 444 pagina’s
...written it down somewhere else, I conceive that books are like men's souls, divided into sheep and goats. Some few are going up, and carrying us up, heavenward;...on that latter class of books, my young friends!" Speaking of those books whose inward character and influence it is hard at first to discern, John Ruskin... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1886 - 212 pagina’s
...written it down somewhere else, I conceive that books are like men's souls, divided into sheep and goats. Some few are going up, and carrying us up, heavenward;...eye on that latter class of books, my young friends ! " Speaking of those books whose inward character and influence it is hard at first to discern, John... | |
 | 1886 - 860 pagina’s
...like men's souls, divided into sheep and goats. Some few are going up and carrying us up heavenwards, calculated, I mean, to be of priceless advantage in...going down, down, doing ever the more and the wider mischief. Keep a strict eye on that latter class of books, and for the rest, in regard to all your... | |
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