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" There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is — to teach ; the function of the second is — to move: the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere... "
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General ... - Page 102
1888
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Papers and Proceedings of the ... General Meeting of the ..., 22–24. köide

American Library Association, American Library Association. Conference - 1900 - 716 lehte
...thus stated it: " There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and, second, the literature of power." "The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move." In other words, the object of the first is information. The object of the second is inspiration....
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Papers and Proceedings of the ... General Meeting of the American ..., 22. köide

American Library Association. General Meeting - 1900 - 202 lehte
...thus stated it: " There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and, second, the literature of power." "The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move." In other words, the object of the first is information. The object of the second is inspiration....
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Composition-literature

Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 408 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is, to teach ; the function of the second is, to move : the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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Introduction to English Literature, with Suggestions for Further Reading and ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 lehte
..." There is first," he says, " the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move : the first is ?. rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 426 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move: the first is a rudder; the second, an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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Introduction to English Literature: With Suggestions for Further Reading and ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 lehte
..." There is first," he says, " the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move : the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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A Liberal Education: With an Appendix Containing a List of Five Hundred Best ...

Charles William Super - 1907 - 120 lehte
...De Quincey says: "There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move; the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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Specimens of Prose Composition

Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 524 lehte
...imagination. De Quincey calls these two divisions " the literature of knowledge and the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move." Inasmuch, then, as Exposition and Argument appeal primarily to the intellect, they are...
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Specimens of Modern English Literary Criticism

William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move: the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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De Quincey's Literary Criticism

Thomas De Quincey - 1909 - 278 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge ; and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is — to teach ; the function of the second is — to move : the first is a rudder ; the second, an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere...
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