 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.  The English Journal of Education - Page 2521857Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1855 - 590 pages
...only an ' organized day-dream with a skin on it.' Genius itself is no genius if it stay indoors. ' 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... | |
 | 1852 - 596 pages
...themselves. A modern lecturer has some pertinent and forcible illustrations of this sentiment, as follows: "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... | |
 | A. R. Phippen - Education - 1854 - 472 pages
...clear enough to b« read. Persons have no right to do as they please unless they please to do right Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. Indolence is the rust of the mind and the inlet of every vice. Integrity, however rough, is better... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver, G. S. (George Sumner) Weaver - History - 1854 - 252 pages
...depends upon an active perseverance than upon genius. Says a commonsense author upon this subject, " 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... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - Conduct of life - 1855 - 270 pages
...depends upon an active perseverance than upon genius. Says a commonsense author upon this subject, " Genius, unexerted, is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks." There may be epies in men's brains, just as there are oaks in acorns, but the tree and the bark must... | |
 | 1855 - 228 pages
...York, is $1,200,000 per annum, which would be about $3,287 a day, $137 an hour, and $2 26 a minute. GENIUS, unexerted. is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. ENIGMAS. — What English word of one syllable, by cutting off its first letter, becomes a Latin word... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - Conduct of life - 1855 - 324 pages
...depends upon an active perseverance than upon genius. Says a commonsense author upon this subject, " 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... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 pages
...capacity undeveloped ", is only " an organised day-dream with a skin on it. * * Genius undeveloped 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... | |
 | Eliza Cook - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1865 - 216 pages
...something between a thought and a thing. HESITATION is often the prudery of design. GENIUS, when idle, is no more genius, than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. As many are prepared for a sudden death as for a sudden success. "On that mine enemy would write a... | |
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