Charlotte Bronte writes, referring to her sisters, "Neither Emily nor Anne was learned; they had no thought of filling their pitchers at the well-spring of other minds."
In "Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell" (1850) by Charlotte Bronte. Back of the Norton edition of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
Although the quote is sort of sad, I enjoy the image of the mind as a pitcher to be filled with the knowledge of other minds. That is what learning is, right?
In "Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell" (1850) by Charlotte Bronte. Back of the Norton edition of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
Although the quote is sort of sad, I enjoy the image of the mind as a pitcher to be filled with the knowledge of other minds. That is what learning is, right?
