I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters whose supernatural power would surpass any postal limitations--a letter written with that pen would reach the most remote corners of the world, even that unknowable place to which my father said my mother had gone and from where she would never return.
Quotes about encyclopedias (6 Quotes)
In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.
Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.
No matter where you are or who you are, the e-library card and NOVEL would allow access to catalogs, digitized collections of photographs, images, maps, manuscripts, encyclopedias, journals and other proprietary databases licensed on a statewide basis for free,
Right now we are getting the plant approved by the Federal Aviation Administration ... Our quality-assurance system documentation is like a set of encyclopedias.
This vast piece of lyric theater, with its attempted fusion of music and ancient drama, has remained between the pages of musical encyclopedias. Often enough, that is where such enterprises ought to stay.