The Object

Famous quotes containing the word object:

“The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“Man you can define; but the true essence of any man, say, for instance, of Abraham Lincoln, remains the endlessly elusive and mysterious object of the biographer’s interest, of the historian’s comments, of popular legend, and of patriotic devotion.”
—Josiah Royce (1855–1916)