 | 1888 - 520 páginas
...other. Above the diaphragm there appears to be but one woConcerning genius Ralph Waldo Emerson said : Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. There may be epics in men's brains, just as there are oaks in acorns, but the tree and the book must... | |
 | 1890 - 830 páginas
...of all the ill luck that fools dream of. Genius, after all, is only the power of making an effort1 ''Genius, unexerted, is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks." Do not croak against genius, or want of opportunity. If your opportunities are not good enough, better... | |
 | 1891 - 634 páginas
...of all the ill luck that fools dream of. Genius, after all, is only the power of making an effort. " Genius, unexerted, is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks." Do not croak against genius, or want of opportunity. If your opportunities are not good enough, better... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 páginas
...Pythian of the beautiful, leaves its large truths a riddle to the dull. Bulwer Lytton. Genius anexerted J , I , Beechcr. Genius will reconcile men to much. Carlyle. Genius works in sport, and goodness smiles to... | |
 | Mildred Cabell Watkins - 1894 - 234 páginas
...read for facts, and not by the bookful. Life is not so short but there is always time for courtesy. Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. There may be epics in men's brains just as there are oaks in acorns ; but the tree and book must come... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 páginas
...much earlier." " But asked nothing about it," replied the musician. — \VUlmott. Genius unexertcd is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. — Beecher. Obey thy genius, for a minister it is unto the throne of fate. Draw to thy soul, and centralize... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 páginas
...genius wears itself v;out; talent drives a brougham in fact; genius,. la'sunchariot in fancy. — OUIDA. Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. — BEECH IR. The first and last thing which is required of genius is the love of truth. — GOETHE.... | |
 | 1897 - 308 páginas
...happen after the revolution of many ages, and only lasts for an instant. — Chenicr : La Chaussee. Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. — Beecher. The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well.... | |
 | 1898 - 432 páginas
...States. Mr. Yeates has suffered considerable ill health while away, but is in fairly good health now. "Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks." Published Wtflkty by Southern Stitis MiMlon, Church of Jesus Christ ind Lstttr Day Siints, Chattanooga,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1898 - 424 páginas
...will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe." Even genius inoperative is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. " I do not remember a book in all the departments of learning," said Beecher, " nor a scrap of literature,... | |
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Genius, unexerted, is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks." There may be epics in men's brains, just as there are oaks in acorns, but the tree and the bark must come out before we can measure them. 
