...classics. This fine thought of Longfellow was shared by other great men ; and when Carlyle said, " Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by...wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books ; " and when F (melon wrote, " If the crowns of all the kingdoms of earth were laid at my feet in exchange...

...unencumbered, visible to all. Democracy virtually extant will insist on becoming palpably extant. — 35 On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion...BOOK, what have they not done, what are they not doing ! — For indeed, whatever be the outward form of the thing (bits of paper, as we say, and black ink),...

...HUTCHINSOW. How Eastern Books Begin and End. [HOMAS CARLYLE'S sentiment, that "of all things which men do or make here below, by far the most momentous,...wonderful, and worthy are the things we call Books," seems to have been fully entertained by the European monkish authors in medieval times, who usually...

...unencumbered, visible to all. Democracy virtually extant will insist on becoming palpably extant. — On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion...BOOK, what have they not done, what are they not doing ! — For indeed, whatever be the outward form of the thing (bits of paper, as we say, and black ink),...

...Carlyle, "certainly is the most miraculous of all things which man has devised. Of all things which men can do or make here below, by far the most momentous,...wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call books." And indeed, when we thoughtfully consider how wide and potential are the uses of written speech, out...

...him." But we must bear in mind, while we subscribe to the dictum of Carlyle, " Of all things which men do or make here below, by far the most momentous,...wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books," the wise line of Shakespeare : " Learning is but an adjunct to oneself," lest haply we be classed with...

...Soul,— Christ their union, — Eternity their sphere. — Dr. Ker. —Of all the things which man can make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call books. — C'arlyle. It requires a great deal of time to have opinions. — Ba-;shot. — There is so much...

...teachers could but feel with Carlyle when he says : " Of all things which man can do or make here below the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books. Those poor bits of rag paper with black ink on them, what have they not done, what are they not doing? " He that can write...

...unencumbered, visible to all. Democracy virtually extant will insist on becoming palpably extant. — On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion...what have they not done, what are they not doing! — For indeed, whatever be the outward form of the thing (bits of paper, as we say, and black ink),!...

...methinks, bless burly, bearish, phrasemaking old Tom Carlyle. ' ' Of all things, " quoth he, " which men do or make here below by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books." And Judge Methuen's favorite quotation is 62 from Babington Macaulay to this effect: "I would rather...