 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pages
...the surfaceshine, 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." — Addison, " The moral system of nature, or natural religion, approves itself almost... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble; and that the art of the statuary only er a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often... | |
 | 1844 - 688 pages
...Aristotle, says, " That a statue lies hid in a block of marble, and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the...is to a block of marble, education is to the human mind. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie... | |
 | John Charles Tarver - 1845 - 248 pages
...when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the...sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, good, or the great man, very often... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 pages
...when he tells us that u statue lies hid in a blork of maride ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the...figure is in the stone, the sculptor only finds it. Spectator, No. 2l5. This, my Lord, I may safely aver, as so true in itself,, and so well known for... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...forms, when he tells us that a stalue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of statuary only clears away the 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.... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1847 - 398 pages
...particular star, in the intellectual galaxy of the old world. It is the remark of an elegant writer, that what sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul. The philosopher and the hero, the wise, the good, and the great man, very often lie concealed in the... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1848 - 162 pages
...EXERCISE. — Let the jmpil vary the following twice in writing, and several times, vivA voce. • 1. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul. 2. They who have nothing to give, can afford relief to others, by imparting what they feel. 3. He that... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 pages
...the 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... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1849 - 1194 pages
...Aristotle tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the...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... | |
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Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial forms, when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the... 
