 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 738 Seiten
...the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, emhalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no greaI luss ; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 720 Seiten
...precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. "Pis true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss ; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 Seiten
...precious life-blood of a master spirit, imbahned and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss ; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss ; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
 | Orator - 1864 - 186 Seiten
...precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss ; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
 | Afternoon lectures - 1866 - 242 Seiten
...precious life blood of a master-spirit, imbalm'd and treasur'd up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss ; but revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
 | Gems - 1866 - 168 Seiten
...precious life-blood of a masterspirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss ; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 328 Seiten
...precious lifeblood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'T is true, no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
 | 1866 - 298 Seiten
...precious life blood of a master-spirit, imbalm'd and treasur'd up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss ; but revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1867 - 352 Seiten
...precious life-blood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss ; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which... | |
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Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature. God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master... 
