“Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within their observation; but they have no power of abstraction, no general standard of taste, or scale of opinion. They see their objects always near, and never in the horizon. Hence arises that egotism which has been remarked as the characteristic of self-taught men.” MenWantMindPersonsHas BeensSelfOpinionObjectsTaughtTasteStandardsConcernScalesAriseObservationCharacteristicsHorizonAbstractionEgotismStrength Of MindSelf Taught Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“In literature and in art, alike, this gloomy fashion of regarding Death has been characteristic of Christianity. Death has been painted as a skeleton grasping a scythe, a grinning skull, a threatening figure with terrible face and uplifted dart, a bony scarecrow shaking an hourglass - all that could alarm and repel has been gathered round this rightly-named King of Terrors.” Has BeensArtFacesLiteratureChristianityFashionFiguresKingsTerribleRoundsTerrorSymbolsCharacteristicsThreateningShakingAlarmsSkullsGloomySkeletonsGraspingGrinningScarecrowHourglassScythes Book:The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant Source: The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant
“In order to fully realise our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice and responsibility that has been the characteristic of the anarchist movement throughout its historic development in Spain.” PeopleHas BeensOrderResponsibilitySacrificeMovementDevelopmentMassCharacteristicsAspirationRealisingSpainHistoricAnarchist Author:Federica Montseny