Five Prophets of To-day: Curtis, Whittier, and Longfellow |
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Five Prophets of To-day: Curtis, Whittier, and Longfellow; Renan and ... Edward E. Hale,William H. Lyon,Charles G. Ames No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 3 - There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born ; and their children after them.
Page 3 - Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, Men renowned for their power, Giving counsel by their understanding, And declaring prophecies: Leaders of the people by their counsels, And by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, Wise and eloquent in their instructions : Such as found out musical tunes, And recited verses in writing...
Page 57 - ... direction, able to read any book, able to appreciate any thought, able to draw alongside any opinion ; hating nobody, not even with a theological, not even with a speculative, not even with a most abstract hatred ; he did not know in his heart what hatred meant ; he loved God, his fellow-men. . . . He was always in an attitude of belief, always in an attitude of hope, brave as a lion, but never boasting, never saying what he meant to do or what he wished he could do, but keeping his own counsel...
Page 38 - I should be very grieved to have to go through one of those periods of enfeeblement during which the man once endowed with strength and virtue is but the shadow and ruin of his former self; and often, to the delight of the ignorant, sets himself to demolish the life which he had so laboriously constructed. Such an old age is the worst gift which the gods can give to man.
Page 26 - Catholicism, like a fairy circle, casts such a powerful spell upon one's whole life, that when one is deprived of it everything seems aimless and gloomy.
Page 58 - With reverent feet the earth he trod, Nor banished nature from his plan, But studied still with deep research To build the Universal Church, Lofty as is the love of God, And ample as the wants of man.
Page 3 - Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out. Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore. The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise.
Page 38 - ... very grieved to have to go through one of those periods of enfeeblement during which the man once endowed with 'strength and virtue is but the shadow and ruin of his former self ; and often, to the delight of the ignorant, sets himself to demolish the life which he had so laboriously constructed. If such a fate be in store for me, I hasten to protest beforehand against the weaknesses which a softened brain might lead me to say or to sign.
Page 28 - The true men of progress, he claims, are those who profess as their starting-point a profound respect for the past.
Page 38 - I should be very grieved to go through one of those periods of enfeeblement during which the man once endowed with strength and virtue is but the shadow and ruin of his former self, and often, to the delight of the ignorant, sets himself to demolish the life which he had so laboriously constructed. Such an old age is the worst gift which the gods can give to man. If such a fate be in store for me, I hasten to protest beforehand against the weaknesses which a softened brain might lead me to say or...