 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 էջ
...education, which 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...sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block (if marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good,... | |
 | 1837 - 352 էջ
...destroying fury sent from hell, To plague unhappy man, and ruin nations. — Thomson. 846. Education. — What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, and the hero, — the wise, the good, and the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian,... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 էջ
...public spirit ! wherefore do ye slumber? Does not Aristotle tell us. that a statue is hid in every block of marble, and that the art of the statuary only clears away the extraneous matter, and removes the rubbish ? And sure I am that exquisite beauty is to be found in... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - 270 էջ
...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...education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the eaint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lies hid and concealed in a plebeian,... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 էջ
...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 intuitively... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1843 - 222 էջ
...which 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...the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The ifigure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. ^ 3. What sculpture is to a block of marble,... | |
 | 1844 - 688 էջ
...form you please." On the same subject, Mr. Addison, alluding to a passage in Aristotle, says, " That a statue lies hid in a block of marble, and that the...sculpture 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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 էջ
...explain hi< doctrine of substantial formt, when he tells us that u statue lies hid in a blork of maride ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away...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 էջ
...Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial 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,... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 էջ
...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 to a reasonable... | |
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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. 
