"Imagination" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... two centuries after that. There was little knowledge that could not pass from mouth to mouth. Such little vernacular literature as did exist was transmitted orally, and no great issue which appealed to the imagination of the masses had as yet come to the front to create any strong desire for the ability to read. As a result, the education of the masses was in hand labor, the trades, and religion, and not in books, and the need for book education ...
— THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION • ELLWOOD P. CUBBERLEY
... as his life had been, Colin had more imagination than she had and at least he had spent a good deal of time looking at wonderful ...
— The Secret Garden • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... of mind and heart that belong to the rest of mankind. He has intellect with which to think, sensibility with which to feel, and toil which prompts him to vigorous and manly action. Nor is he destitute of the sublime faculty of reason, which is related to eternal and absolute truths. Imagination and fancy, too, he possesses, in a very large degree. But all these faculties, which nature has bestowed upon the slave in common with other men, by a decree of slavery fixed and unalterable like the laws of the Medes and Persians, are undeveloped, ...
— Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) • Various
... not more remarkable for his numerous and varied talents than for his warm and affectionate heart, rich imagination, great love of humour, and deep and earnest piety. He was a facile versifier, an elegant prose writer, an able botanist and physiologist. Possessing a fine ear, rich voice, and great musical taste, he not only took ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby
... preceding. My time was passed in keeping a regular journal; mapping; and in writing letters to friends in England, although there was no communication. This task afforded the greatest pleasure, as I could thus converse in imagination with those far away. The thought frequently occurred to me that they might no longer exist, and that the separation of years might be the parting forever; nevertheless there was a melancholy satisfaction at ...
— The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile • Sir Samuel White Baker
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