 | 1911 - 508 strani
...it." We are not disposed to associate extravagance of utterance with Henry Sumner Maine, yet he says, "Except the blind forces . of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin." Mahaffy declares that the "Greek public was far better educated than we are;" a striking admission,... | |
 | 1911 - 978 strani
...one small people . . . it was given to create the principle of progress. That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of nature nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin." Though not always recognized, the controlling principles of our art, literature and philosophy, as... | |
 | Alfred William Benn - 1912 - 172 strani
...legislation contained. And so we may fitly conclude with the words of a great jurist, Sir Henry Maine : " Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin " — remembering always that philosophy, the love of wisdom, is the power sent forth from that Prime... | |
 | American Medical Association. Council on Health and Public Instruction - 1913 - 166 strani
...the great triumph of Greek thoughts. The taproot of modern science sinks deep in Greek soil. . . . Except the blind forces of Nature nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin. Professor Murray dwells on the keen desire of the Greeks to make life a better thing than it is, and... | |
 | Sir William Osler - 1913 - 72 strani
...to create the principle of progress. That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of Nature 16 nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin . ' ' Though not always recognized, the controlling principles of our art, literature and philosophy,... | |
 | George Burton Adams - 1914 - 478 strani
...follows: "A writer no less sober in his philosophy than eloquent in his language has lately asserted that, 'except the blind forces of nature, nothing...moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin.' " — (Revival of Learning, p. 112.) The passage quoted is better evidence, certainly, of the writer's... | |
 | Henry Holt - 1914 - 486 strani
...in words often quoted, "it was given to create the principle of Progress. That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin." That is a hard saying, but scarcely exaggerated. Examine the records of our art and our science, our... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1914 - 420 strani
...and not backwards or downwards, of destruction tending to construction. That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin. A ferment spreading from that source has vitalized all the great pregressive races of mankind, penetrating... | |
 | 1912 - 728 strani
...one mall people . . (. it was given to crarte the principle of Progress. That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin." The mightiest gift of Greece to men, the white heart of her great beacon of enlightenment is Cni iriMii... | |
 | George Burton Adams - 1914 - 478 strani
...follows: "A writer no less sober in his philosophy than eloquent in his language has lately asserted that, 'except the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin.'"—(Revival of Learning, p. 112.) The passage quoted is better evidence, certainly, of the... | |
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That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin. 
