 | Denton Jaques Snider - 1908 - 584 pages
...idea, until I had caught it," that is, until he had made it his own in knowledge. But that is not all: "When I thought I had got it I was not satisfied until I had repeated it over and over," — this repetition is noteworthy, being profoundly educational. And still further, his dissatisfaction... | |
 | History - 1909 - 372 pages
...dark sayings. I could not sleep, although I tried to, when I got on such a hunt for an idea, until I had caught it; and when I thought I had got it, I...comprehend. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stayed by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north and... | |
 | Francis Lewis Wellman - Law - 1910 - 292 pages
...could not sleep, although I tried to. When I got on such a hunt for an idea, and until I got it, or I thought I had got it, I was not satisfied until...to comprehend. This was a kind of passion with me. It has stuck by me, for I am never easy now when I am handling a case until I have bounded it north,... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - Genius - 1911 - 336 pages
...dark sayings. I could not sleep, although I tried to, when I got on such a hunt for an idea, until I had caught it; and when I thought I had got it I was...in language plain enough, as I thought, for any boy to comprehend. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me ; for I am never easy now,... | |
 | John Thomson Faris - Conduct of life - 1911 - 300 pages
...dark sayings. I could no more sleep, although I tried to, when on such a hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. And when I thought I had got it I was...not satisfied until I had repeated it over and over again, and had put it in language plain enough, as I thought, for any boy I knew to comprehend. This... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1911 - 170 pages
...some of their, to me, dark sayings. " I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had 'caught it; and when I thought I had got it, I was not satisfied until I had put it in a language plain enough, as I thought, for any boy to comprehend. This was a kind of a passion... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - Literature - 1913 - 248 pages
...sayings. I could not sleep, though I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until I had caught it; and when I thought I had got it, I...had repeated it over and over, until I had put it into language plain enough, as I thought, for any boy I knew to comprehend." Of all the incidents in... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - Literature - 1913 - 244 pages
...thought I had got it, I was not satisfied until I had repeated it over and over, until I had put it into language plain enough, as I thought, for any boy I knew to comprehend." Of all the incidents in Lincoln's life this has always seemed to me the most remarkable. That a boy... | |
 | Education - 1914 - 850 pages
...could not sleep, though I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until I had caught it. I was not satisfied until I had repeated it over and over, until I had put it into language plainenough, as I thought, for any boy I know to comprehend." If all nine-year old boys... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Copyright - 1915 - 156 pages
...dark sayings. I could not sleep, although I tried to, when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; and when I thought I had got it, I...enough, as I thought, for any boy I knew to comprehend." So self-reliant had he become by eighteen that he read the " Revised Statutes of Indiana," which contained... | |
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I could not sleep, though I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until I had caught it; and when I thought I had got it, I was not satisfied until I had repeated it over and over, until I had put it in language plain enough, as I thought,... 
