 | 1861 - 712 sayfa
...Train her to take what you give her, to keep it, and to bring it forth at your bidding. Bacon says, — "We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not •enough to cram ourselves with a load of collections. Unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment."... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1861 - 340 sayfa
..." Heading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge," says Locke : " it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is in vain to cram ourselves; unless we chew over again, we shall derive no strength or nourishment :... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 346 sayfa
...others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge : it is thinking that makes what we read ours. m.— SELECT PASSAGES IN VERSE. TRUTH, crushed to earth, shall rise again... | |
 | 1863 - 910 sayfa
...always so. Re<idiu<,' f :mushes the mind only with materials of knowledge : it is thinking makes ^•hat we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough V> cram ourselves with a cire<it laad of collections : unless we chew them «*• «gain, they will... | |
 | Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 sayfa
...point, et ne pas entendre ce qui est fort intelligible. LA BRUYÈRE. 22 A BOOK OF THOUGHTS. READING. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of...chew them over again they will not give us strength and nourishment. PURPOSELESS READING. LOCKE. Reading without purpose is sauntering, not exercise. More... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 sayfa
...Those who have read of everything, are thought to understand everything too ; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of...chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are indeed in some writers visible instances of deep thought, close and acute... | |
 | James Currie (A.M.) - 1866 - 204 sayfa
...Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too ; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of...great load of collections; unless we chew them over and over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. .... The memory may be stored, but... | |
 | 1866 - 490 sayfa
...Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. . . . The memory m»y be stored, but the judgment is little better, and... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 sayfa
...make himself master of the few he possesses ere he can acquire more. Wmerley, Chap. III. * Beading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours. So far as we apprehend and see the connexion of ideas, so far it is ours ; without that it is so much... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 sayfa
...Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of...is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load ( I ) " Locke is certainly a good writer, relatively to the greater part of his contemporaries ; his... | |
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This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes... 
