 | 1904 - 508 pages
...having said that true learning is "thought kindling itself at the fire of living thought," he asked, "How shall he give kindling in whose own inward man there is no live coal ?" This, however, is only one side of the matter. The instructor is but one party to the contract;... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, Scofield Thayer - Books - 1911 - 410 pages
...roots littered with etymological compost), but like a spirit by mysterious contact of spirit; thought kindling itself at the fire of living thought ? How shall he give kindling in whose inward man there is no live coal, but all is burnt out to a dead grammatical cinder?" In the deepest... | |
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Niirnberg out of wood and leather, foster the growth of anything; much more of Mind, which grows, not like a vegetable (by having its roots littered with etymological compost), but like a spirit, by mysterious contact of Spirit ; Thought kindling itself... 
