“And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Stanza 3. <br class="br"> She Was a Phantom of Delight http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww259.html (1804)
Source: The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838), p. 95 1852 tr
“And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Stanza 3. <br class="br"> She Was a Phantom of Delight http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww259.html (1804)
Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863–1953) American novelist, poet
Goldenrod; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 326.
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech to the Byron centenary luncheon (29 April 1924), quoted in On England, and Other Addresses (1926), pp. 123-124.
1924
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Letters and Papers from Prison (1967; 1997), The Friend
Context: When the spirit touches
man's heart and brow
with thoughts that are lofty, bold, serene,
so that with clear eyes he will face the world
as a free man may;
when the spirit gives birth to action
by which alone we stand or fall;
when from the sane and resolute action
rises the workd that gives a a man's life
content and meaning — then would that many,
lonely and actively working,
know of the spirit that grasps and befriends him...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet
The Secret of the Sea, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Only those who know the pulse of the nation can run it.”
Narendra Modi (1950) Prime Minister of India
2009, "The nation is waiting for a strong, experienced leader", 2009
Context: It's very simple, Dr[. ] Manmohan Singhji in reality is not a leader, and he has himself said that he is not a leader. The nation cannot be ruled by an academician, it can be run only by a leader. What was Indiraji [Indira Gandhi]'s education was never an issue, but she was a leader. (P. V.) Narasimha Rao was a leader. Only those who know the pulse of the nation can run it.
Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867) American magazine writer, editor, and publisher
Saturday Afternoon.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919)
“But a Book is only the Heart's Portrait- every Page a Pulse.”
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet