 For certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them •, and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them....  The Medical World - Page 111915Full view - About this book
 | 1908 - 616 pages
...discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest...will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a down' right fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want downwright facts at present more than anything... | |
 | John Ruskin - 2006 - 293 pages
...discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest...downright facts at present more than anything else. And though I often hear moral people complaining of the bad effects of want of thought, for my part,... | |
 | Jason Camlot - 2008 - 214 pages
...feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told...downright facts at present more than anything else. And, though 1 often hear moral people complaining of the base effects of the want of thought, for my... | |
 | 1897 - 430 pages
...discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say In the fewest possible words, or his reader Is sure to skip them; and In the plainest possible...facts at present more than anything else.— RUSKIN. MEDICAL PROGRESS.* BY DR. I). M. GIBSON. advances made in our art during the past eighty years hare... | |
 | 1884 - 278 pages
...discipline for an author lo feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader Is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest...facts at present more than anything else. — RUSKIN. While puerperal mastitis is rarely a source of danger, it is usually attended with so much suffering,... | |
 | 1898 - 524 pages
...South Grand Avenue. An author should say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest...facts at present more than anything else. — Ruskin. We should be pleased to receive reports from any who have made extended observations in the apparent... | |
 | 1880 - 612 pages
...for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible...downright facts at present more than anything else." CELLUIITIS AS A CAUSE OP UTERINE DISEASE. — The object of this article is to show that uterine catarrh,... | |
 | 1896 - 924 pages
...neurotic disturbances. Ax author should say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible...downright facts at present more than anything else. — Rusfcin. SOCIETY REPORTS. THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA. AUGUSTA, April 15, 16, and 17, 1896.... | |
 | 1908 - 756 pages
...discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible...downright facts at present more than anything else. — Ruskln. TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN By MARY MAC LACHLAN, MD Read before the Portland Medical Uub,... | |
 | 1897 - 506 pages
...executive committee. Writing. An author should say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and In the plainest possible...downright facts at present more than anything else. — Kuskln. KANSAS CITY MEDICAL INDEX, EDITED AND PUBLISHED BT HERMAN E. PEARSE, MD, AN AMERICAN JOURNAL.... | |
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