Between a sign and the thing it signifies there is the fixed, determined relationship of cause and effect. We see this in the case... of the footprint in the sand, the tear on the eyelash, or the trademark of a commercial product. But no matter how closely tied a symbol is to the thing symbolized, the relation is variable, flexible, and free. It is in poetry, however, that the symbolic value of words reaches its apex. The cross has become the symbol of Christianity not because of its form but because the Christians, following St. Paul, at a definite moment in their history, decided to adopt the instrument of Christ's torture as their emblem. Similarly, the relation between a word and its meaning depends on its origin, its history, and its usage.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wicked of both sexes together in a... morning; thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart- opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate thus, and ... adore thee.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. I...t is not the part of men, but of fanatics, or of mathematicians, if you will, to say, that, the shortness of life considered, it is not worth caring whether for so short a duration we were sprawling in want, or sitting high. Since our office is with moments, let us husband them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We stood a moment so, in a strange world, Myself as one his own pretense deceives;... And then I said the truth (and we moved on). A young beech clinging to its last year's leaves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ask every person if he's heard the story, And tell it strong and clear if he has not,... That once there was a fleeting wisp of glory Called Camelot ... Don't let it be forgot That once there was a spot For one brief shining moment that was known As Camelot.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Nature of Familiar Letters, written, as it were, to the Moment, while the Heart is agitated by Hopes and Fears, on Events unde...cided, must plead an Excuse for the Bulk of a Collection of this Kind. Mere Facts and Characters might be comprised in a much smaller Compass: But, would they be equally interesting?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What's past and what's to come is strewed with husks And formless ruin of oblivion;... But in this extant moment, faith and truth, Strained purely from all hollow bias-drawing, Bids thee, with most divine integrity, From heart of very heart, great Hector, welcome!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at th...e last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Parental attitudes have greater correlation with pupil achievement than material home circumstances or variations in school and cl...assroom organization, instructional materials, and particular teaching practices.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »