The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Critical writingsTrübner, 1865 - Theology |
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... noble , descended from the prime nobility of the earth . It is true , the character of Jacob is base and treacherous , when measured by the Christian standard of modern times ; but in the estimation of the author of the narrative , the ...
... noble , descended from the prime nobility of the earth . It is true , the character of Jacob is base and treacherous , when measured by the Christian standard of modern times ; but in the estimation of the author of the narrative , the ...
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... noble ends proposed , and unshrinking self - de- votion to them ; but nothing of the meekness of wisdom ; no gentleness and sensitiveness as to other men's equal rights , and far too little scruple to combine with bad men and commit ...
... noble ends proposed , and unshrinking self - de- votion to them ; but nothing of the meekness of wisdom ; no gentleness and sensitiveness as to other men's equal rights , and far too little scruple to combine with bad men and commit ...
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... noble sentiments , for gener- ous thoughts ; wait for the discoverer and organizer . The machinery of the age is ready to move for him , —the steam - horses , the steam - press . His audience has no limit . Even now the position of a ...
... noble sentiments , for gener- ous thoughts ; wait for the discoverer and organizer . The machinery of the age is ready to move for him , —the steam - horses , the steam - press . His audience has no limit . Even now the position of a ...
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... noble or plebeian , and must give the net result of their entire action , so that at the end of his book we can say : " This people had such sentiments and ideas , which led to this and the other deeds and institutions , which have been ...
... noble or plebeian , and must give the net result of their entire action , so that at the end of his book we can say : " This people had such sentiments and ideas , which led to this and the other deeds and institutions , which have been ...
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... noble to describe ; a theme so rich in events , in ideas , and in men ; an oppor- tunity so fortunate to present the lessons of history to ages yet to come . The author has this further advantage : he lives far enough from the age he ...
... noble to describe ; a theme so rich in events , in ideas , and in men ; an oppor- tunity so fortunate to present the lessons of history to ages yet to come . The author has this further advantage : he lives far enough from the age he ...
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Page 210 - Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
Page 218 - The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps. It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate, not one thing, but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light, nature, time, souls, from the centre of the present thought; and new date and new create the whole.
Page 227 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 211 - The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they, — let us hold by this. They pin me down. They look backward and not forward. But genius looks forward; the eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead; man hopes; genius creates.
Page 209 - Crossing a bare common in snow puddles at twilight under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear.
Page 227 - These temples grew as grows the grass; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within.
Page 299 - Who is gone into Heaven, and is on the Right Hand of God ; Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him.
Page 221 - Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Saviour rode.
Page 210 - In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life— no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair.
Page 288 - There shall never be any bond slavery, villeinage, or captivity amongst us unless it be lawful captives taken in just wars, and such strangers as willingly sell themselves or are sold to us.