For man is but the servant and interpreter of nature: what he does and what he knows is only what he has observed of nature's orde...r in fact or in thought; beyond this he knows nothing and can do nothing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Man, being the servant and interpreter of nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or in ...the course of nature: beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It has only just begun to dawn on us that in our own language alone, not to speak of its many companions, the past history of huma...nity is spread out in an imperishable map, just as the history of the mineral earth lies embedded in the layers of its outer crust. But there is this difference between the record of the rocks and the secrets which are hidden in language: whereas the former can only give us knowledge of outward dead things--such as forgotten seas and the bodily shapes of prehistoric animals--language has preserved for us the inner living history of man's soul. It reveals the evolution of consciousness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The idea of feminine authority is so deeply embedded in the human subconscious that even after all these centuries of father-right... the young child instinctively regards the mother as the supreme authority. He looks upon the father as equal with himself, equally subject to the woman's rule. Children have to be taught to love, honor, and respect the father.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That way of inspiration is always open,... and open to everyone; it acts as go-between, interpreter, it explains symbols of the past in to-day's imagery.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The most condensed format of the conversionist motif is the TV commercial, which has become essential to both network and religiou...s broadcasting. Embedded in its structure are sentiments from our religious and political heritage: salvation and choice. Newness of life can now be associated with a change of heart about politics, the purchase of a new car, or the selection of a beverage. A Pepsi commercial, for example, designed to fit the charismatic personality and gifts of singer Michael Jackson, became an invitation to make a decision and join in. Images and sounds of the soft-drink ad drew viewers into a growing throng of happy, dancing people following the steps of a dynamic cultural hero. Even couch potatoes might have been roused, vicariously at least, to skip lightly behind the agile Jackson as he led his ecstatic followers to the right choice. The conversionist call in this instance is to come on up to the good life through Pepsi. Nonetheless it plays upon the persuasive motifs of turning around and becoming a part of something larger.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... the modern drama, operating through the double channel of dramatist and interpreter, affecting as it does both mind and heart,... is the strongest force in developing social discontent, swelling the powerful tide of unrest that sweeps onward and over the dam of ignorance, prejudice, and superstition.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It was your severed image that grew sweeter, That floated, wing-stiff, focused in the sun... Along uncertainty and gales of shame Blown out before I slept. Now you are one I dare not think alive: only a name That chimes occasionally, as a belief Long since embedded in the static past.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nature is not so much her own ever-sweet interpreter, as the mere supplier of that cunning alphabet, whereby selecting and combini...ng as he pleases, each man reads his own peculiar lesson according to his own peculiar mind and mood.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »