 the Elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong...  Life - Página 71924Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Ivan Y. Torshin - 2007 - 320 páginas
...animal. One of the countless variations of the tale was provided by an American poet JG Saxe in his opus: "...Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other...mean And prate about an elephant Not one of them has seen!..." Apart from numerous philosophical and metaphysical implications, we can also apply this fable... | |
 | Marcus Kavanagh - 1928 - 496 páginas
...where he stood, offered the soundest of good reasons for his opinion. So with a lot of us: "We rail in utter ignorance of what each other mean And prate about an elephant not one of us has seen." An eminent British criminologist, after looking us over carefully for a month or so,... | |
 | S. Hossein Fatemi, Paula J. Clayton - 2008 - 799 páginas
...Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! MORAL, So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween,...mean; And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen ! — John Godfrey Saxe Addendum It was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined, Who went... | |
 | Bill Vivio - 2008 - 154 páginas
...in the right, and all were in the wrong. MORAL: So often in theological wars the disputants, I wean, rail on in utter ignorance of what each other mean; and prate about an Elephant not one of them has seen."1 The lesson here is how do you experience God? None of us can experience the whole of God. I... | |
 | 1893 - 688 páginas
...Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right. And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween,...mean, And prate about an elephant Not one of them has seen ! JOHN GODFREY SAX& THE HOUSEKEEPER'S SOLILOQUY. *ERE'S a big washing to be done — One pair... | |
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