“The different steps and degrees of education may be compared to the artificer's operations upon marble; it is one thing to dig it out of the quarry, and another to square it, to give it gloss and lustre, call forth every beautiful spot and vein, shape it into a column, or animate it into a statue.” GivingMayDifferentBeautifulEducationStepsOne ThingShapesDegreesSpotsOperationsSquaresVeinsStatuesColumnsMarbleVery BeautifulGlossQuarry Book:The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason Source: The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason
“O, if so much beauty doth reveal Itself in every vein of life and nature, How beautiful must be the Source itself, The Ever Bright One.” IfsBeautifulBeautySourceVeins Author:Esaias Tegner