...capable severally of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly,...first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding ; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to...

...on Alexander Pope, has made for us a very useful distinction between, " literature of knowledge" and "literature of power:" " The function of the first...first is a rudder; the second, an oar or a sail." What De Quincy calls literature of knowledge would be represented by a scientific text-book, or even...

...capable severally of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly,...teach • the function of the second is, 'to move : th«-first is a rudder, ttersecontt an . iar or ;is;i il . The first speaks to the mere discursive...

...his characteristic way of addressing us. This style is the expression of his personal characsecondly, the literature of power. The function of the first...move. The first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sai1. The first speaks to the more discursive understanding ; the second speaks ultimately, it may...

...sepaarate offices that sometimes blend and that are sometimes found in a severe insulation. "There is, first, the literature of knowledge; and, secondly,...first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding ; t?ie second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to...

...capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and, secondly,...first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to...

...capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge ; and secondly,...first is a rudder ; the second, an oar or a sail." (2.) In dealing with dates and statistics, he has a commendable habit of devising helps to the reader's...

...capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge ; and, secondly,...move: the first is a rudder; the second, an oar or a sail."4 Another method of repetition consists in reiterating a striking word or phrase until it comes...

...bear in mind the well-known distinction made by De Quincey between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power. The function of the first...the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. If we were to embark on a voyage, we should find that both rudder and sail have their uses. Between...

...readily divide themselves into two great classes. "There is, first," in the language of DeQuincey, "the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the farst is to teach ; the function of the second is to move : the first is a rudder, the second an oar...