Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you. Charles Kingsley More Quotes by Charles Kingsley More Quotes From Charles Kingsley Truth, for its own sake, had never been a virtue with the Roman clergy. Charles Kingsley virtue truth sake [The] great fairy Science, who is likely to be queen of all the fairies for many a year to come, can only do you good, and never do you harm. Charles Kingsley queens science years For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep. Charles Kingsley sleep men life Love is sentimental measles. Charles Kingsley true-love sentimental love-is Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. Charles Kingsley swans dog blood The Water Babies "Young and Old" When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away: Young blood must have its course, lad, And every dog his day. Charles Kingsley horse dog baby The Invitation, To Tom Highes What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles, Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles. Charles Kingsley lame dog dull Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song. Charles Kingsley dream song sweet I hope that my children, at least, if not I myself, will see the day when ignorance of the primary laws and facts of science will be looked upon as a defect only second to ignorance of the primary laws of religion and morality. Charles Kingsley ignorance law children The traveler fancies he has seen the country. So he has, the outside of it at least; but the angler only sees the inside. The angler only is brought close, face to face with the flower and bird and insect life of the rich riverbanks, the only part of the landscape where the hand of man has never interfered. Charles Kingsley flower men country If you wish to be like a little child, study what a little child could understand — nature; and do what a little child could do — love. Charles Kingsley simplicity wish children Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses. Charles Kingsley kissing grief spring Science frees us in many ways...from the bodily terror which the savage feels. But she replaces that, in the minds of many, by a moral terror which is far more overwhelming. Charles Kingsley savages mind way [At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan railroads, and steam-engines, and electric telegraphs, and rifled guns, and so forth; and knows everything about everything, except why a hen's egg don't turn into a crocodile, and two or three other little things that no one will know till the coming of the Cocqcigrues. Charles Kingsley character science knowledge Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws. Charles Kingsley vaunt roots law Oh! that we two were Maying Charles Kingsley spring two children Three fishers went sailing away to the west, Away to the west as the sun went down; Each thought on the woman who loved him the best, And the children stood watching them out of the town. Charles Kingsley sailing towns children I go at what I have to do as if there were nothing else in the world for me to do. Charles Kingsley effort ifs world We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If they are good and true, whether they are about religion, politics, farming, trade, law, or medicine, they are the message of Christ, the maker of all things - the teacher of all truth. Charles Kingsley reading teacher book Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. Charles Kingsley maids clever sweet
