The Real Revelation Of The Writer (as Of The Artist) Comes In A Far Subtler Way Than By Autobiography;

The real revelation of the writer (as of the artist) comes in a far subtler way than by autobiography; and comes despite all effort to elude it; ... For what the writer does communicate is his temperament, his organic personality, with its preferences and aversions, its pace and rhythm and impact and balance, its swiftness or languor ... and this he does equally whether he be rehearsing veraciously his own concerns or inventing someone else’s.

Shakespeares Imagery And What It Tells Us (1923)

by Spurgeon, Caroline. F.

In any analysis arrived of the quality and characteristics of a writer’s senses, it is possible in some degree to separate and estimate his senses of touch, smell, hearing and taste, but his visual sense is so all-embracing — for it is indeed the gateway by which so large a portion of life reaches the poet;

Shakespeares Imagery And What It Tells Us (1923)

by Spurgeon, Caroline. F.

His interest in the image is largely psychological, for he sees in this picture of a river overbearing its boundaries a perfect analogy to the result of stress or rush of emotion in men, as when Brabantio, distraught on hearing Desdemona has left him for Othello, cries to the duke: my particular grief Is of so flood-gate and o’erbearing nature That it engluts and swallows other sorrows, And it is still itself.

------“I think this film is pretty in a generic way. Some of the best dialogue came through without any words, and that felt really classic to me.”

so we find Bacon writing that philosophy as a study is not idle, because all professions are served from it. ‘For if you will have a tree bear more fruit than it hath used to do, it is not anything you can do to the boughs, but it is the stirring of the earth and putting of new mould about the roots that must work it.' Or again, later, he says, ‘Notwithstanding, to stir the earth a little about the roots of this science … as we have done of the rest . . . ’

Translation of the Hippocratic Oath

Translated by Michael North, National Library of Medicine, 2002.

I swear by Apollo the physician, and Asclepius, and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses as my witnesses, that, according to my ability and judgement, I will keep this Oath and this contract: To hold him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, to be a partner in life with him, and to fulfill his needs when required; to look upon his offspring as equals to my own siblings, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or contract; and that by the set rules, lectures, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to students bound by this contract and having sworn this Oath to the law of medicine, but to no others. I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgement, and I will do no harm or injustice to them. I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion. In purity and according to divine law will I carry out my life and my art. I will not use the knife, even upon those suffering from stones, but I will leave this to those who are trained in this craft. Into whatever homes I go, I will enter them for the benefit of the sick, avoiding any voluntary act of impropriety or corruption, including the seduction of women or men, whether they are free men or slaves. Whatever I see or hear in the lives of my patients, whether in connection with my professional practice or not, which ought not to be spoken of outside, I will keep secret, as considering all such things to be private. So long as I maintain this Oath faithfully and without corruption, may it be granted to me to partake of life fully and the practice of my art, gaining the respect of all men for all time. However, should I transgress this Oath and violate it, may the opposite be my fate.