{"id":1621,"date":"2015-11-16T17:35:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2018-10-06T22:36:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T22:36:26","slug":"iles-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/iles-george\/","title":{"rendered":"ILES, George"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453315804311{margin-top: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588223-e020d87d-f7dd094f-cf635381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA great book is a mine as well as a mint: it suggests and excites as much thought as it presents in finished form.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>George Iles<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cJottings from a Note-Book\u201d (1918) <em>Canadian Stories<\/em>, New York, NY: Knickerbocker Press, p. 182; online via University of Michigan &amp; Hathitrust, <a href=\"http:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\" target=\"_blank\">babel.hathitrust.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Maxim] \u2013 Full line cited. Included in list of separate observations &amp; maxims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #243569\">A great book is a mine as well as a mint: it suggests and excites as much thought as it presents in finished form.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The <em>Canadian Stories<\/em> author\u2019s note (20 June 1918) indicated that some portions of \u201cJottings from a Notebook\u201d were published in the <em>Century Magazine<\/em>, New York. Specific works and earlier publication date(s) were provided.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><strong><em>Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: <em>Canadian Stories<\/em> (1918) online via University of Michigan &amp; Hathitrust: <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015059405293;view=1up;seq=196\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015059405293;view=1up;seq=196<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDiscovery begins by finding the discoverer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>George Iles<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cJottings from a Note-Book\u201d (1918) <em>Canadian Stories<\/em>, New York, NY: Knickerbocker Press, p. 169; online via University of Michigan &amp; Hathitrust, <a href=\"http:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\" target=\"_blank\">babel.hathitrust.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Maxim] \u2013 Full line cited. Included in list of separate observations &amp; maxims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #243569\">Discovery begins by finding the discoverer.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The <em>Canadian Stories<\/em> author\u2019s note (20 June 1918) indicated that some portions of \u201cJottings from a Notebook\u201d were published in the <em>Century Magazine<\/em>, New York. Specific works and earlier publication date(s) were not provided.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><em><strong>Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: <em>Canadian Stories<\/em> (1918) online via University of Michigan &amp; Hathitrust: <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015059405293;view=1up;seq=183\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015059405293;view=1up;seq=183<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDoubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>George Iles<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cJottings from a Note-Book\u201d (1918) <em>Canadian Stories<\/em>, New York, NY: Knickerbocker Press, p. 167; online via University of Michigan &amp; Hathitrust, <a href=\"http:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\" target=\"_blank\">babel.hathitrust.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Maxim] \u2013 Full line cited. Included in list of separate observations &amp; maxims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #243569\">Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The <em>Canadian Stories<\/em> author\u2019s note (20 June 1918) indicated that some portions of \u201cJottings from a Notebook\u201d were published in the <em>Century Magazine<\/em>, New York. Specific works and earlier publication date(s) were not provided.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><strong><em>Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: <em>Canadian Stories<\/em> (1918) online via University of Michigan &amp; HathiTrust: <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015059405293;view=1up;seq=181\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015059405293;view=1up;seq=181<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHope is faith holding out its hands in the dark.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>George Iles<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cJottings from a Note-Book\u201d (1918) <em>Canadian Stories<\/em>, New York, NY: Knickerbocker Press, p. 167; online via University of Michigan &amp; Hathitrust, <a href=\"http:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\" target=\"_blank\">babel.hathitrust.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-ban&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Misquotes&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531592148-05fdd3db-5676094f-cf635381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong><em>Misattibution notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #243569\">Incorrect attribution\/misquote in blue: color code 243569.<\/span>&#8221;\u00a0 (Sentence only &#8211; please keep quotation marks in black.)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Maxim] \u2013 Full line cited. Included in list of separate observations &amp; maxims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #243569\">Hope is faith holding out its hands in the dark.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The <em>Canadian Stories<\/em> author\u2019s note (20 June 1918) indicated that some portions of \u201cJottings from a Notebook\u201d were published in the <em>Century Magazine<\/em>, New York. Specific works and earlier publication date(s) were not provided.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5e1b9-b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><strong><em>Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: <em>Canadian Stories<\/em> (1918) online via University of Michigan &amp; HathiTrust: <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015059405293;view=1up;seq=181\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015059405293;view=1up;seq=181<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"section-title\">Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;Wrapper-Author-Resources&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong>Learn more about George Iles <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Iles<\/strong>\u2019 (1905) <strong><em>Masterpieces of Eloquence<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Brief biography &amp; transcript of Iles\u2019 speech \u201cThe Trusteeship of Literature,\u2019 from the P.F. Collier &amp; Son profile series of famous speeches &amp; orators; text online via New York Public Library &amp; Google Books: <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=6G8CAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA10816\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=6G8CAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA10816<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Why Progress is by Leaps\u2019<\/strong> (1896) <strong><em>Popular Science Monthly<\/em><\/strong> article by George Iles, via WikiSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Popular_Science_Monthly\/Volume_49\/June_1896\/Why_Progress_Is_by_Leaps\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Popular_Science_Monthly\/Volume_49\/June_1896\/Why_Progress_Is_by_Leaps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>George Iles<\/strong> | <strong><em>University of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018<strong>Online Books Page\u2019<\/strong> with links to Iles works available online: <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu\/webbin\/book\/lookupname?key=Iles%2C%20George%2C%201852-1942\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu\/webbin\/book\/lookupname?key=Iles%2C%20George%2C%201852-1942<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Little Masterpieces of Autobiography <\/em><\/strong>(1913) Short autobiographies of artists, including the composers Wilhelm Richard Wagner &amp; Franz Liszt, edited by George Iles, Vol. V online via HathiTrust: <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=uc1.b001128597;view=1up;seq=15\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=uc1.b001128597;view=1up;seq=15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>\u2018<\/em><strong>American History: George Iles Describes the Scope &amp; Purpose of J.N. Larned\u2019s Bibliography<\/strong>\u2019 (13 July 1901) <strong><em>The New York Times <\/em><\/strong>archives \u2013 Highlights from an Iles lecture on \u201cThe Trusteeship of Literature\u201d and the history of public libraries [subscription service]: <a href=\"http:\/\/timesmachine.nytimes.com\/timesmachine\/1901\/07\/13\/101077473.html?pageNumber=19\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/timesmachine.nytimes.com\/timesmachine\/1901\/07\/13\/101077473.html?pageNumber=19<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>George Iles, LL.D. Dies in New York<\/strong>\u2019 (6 October 1942) <strong><em>The Montreal Gazette<\/em><\/strong>, obituary online via Google News archives: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1946&amp;dat=19421006&amp;id=PwMuAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=wZgFAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=5911,982612&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1946&amp;dat=19421006&amp;id=PwMuAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=wZgFAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=5911,982612&amp;hl=en<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><em>Image credit<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: ILES, George <span style=\"color: #800000\">(<strong>Placeholder image only &#8211; image does not represent George Iles or his work. 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