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" They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body, and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. "
Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott - Page 54
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876
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Re-statements of Christian Doctrine: In Twenty-five Sermons

Henry Whitney Bellows - Christianity - 1860 - 454 pages
...affections, 1 Lord Bacon's precise words are : " They that deny a God destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body,...destroys, likewise, magnanimity, and the raising of human natuie : for take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on, when...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 pages
...applicare profanum.' * Plato could have said no more They that; deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body...It destroys likewise magnanimity and the raising of numan uature. For take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when...
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Re-statements of Christian Doctrine: In Twenty-five Sermons

Henry Whitney Bellows - Theology, Doctrinal - 1860 - 458 pages
...and affections, 1 Lord Bacon's precise words are: "They that deny a God destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body, and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, ho is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys, likewise, magnanimity, and the raising of human nature...
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The Church of England sunday school quarterly magazine, Volume 13

1860 - 806 pages
...a God, deny man's nobility ; for certainly man is akin to the beasts by his body ; and if he be not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble...creature. It destroys, likewise, magnanimity, and the rising of human nature ; for take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - English essays - 1861 - 630 pages
...said, As the people, so the priest; because the people are not such as the priests are.' nobility, for certainly Man is of kin to the beasts by his body...ignoble creature. It destroys likewise magnanimity, ana the raising human nature ; for take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage...
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The Three Barriers: Notes on Mr. Darwin's "Origin of Species."

Gilbert Rorison - Evolution - 1861 - 192 pages
...the limits of the human race range as from 2 to 3. H. ON THE DEVOTION OF THE LOWER ANIMALS TO MAN. "Take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man who to him is instead of a God, or melior natura — which...
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The Jurist, Volume 7, Part 2; Volume 25, Part 2

Law - 1862 - 740 pages
...here. " They that deny a God," observes Lord Bacon (Essay on "Atheism"), " destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body...of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he wiU put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or melior natura,...
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Instinct and Reason; Or, The First Principles of Human Knowledge

George Ramsay - Instinct - 1862 - 170 pages
...atheism, because his ordinary works convince it." — " They that deny God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body...It destroys, likewise, magnanimity, and the raising human nature ; for, take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on...
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Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...They that deny a God destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his bndy ; and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is...It destroys likewise magnanimity and the raising of numau nature. For take an example of a dog, and mark whaf. a generosity and courage he will put on...
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A strange story, by the author of 'Rienzi'.

Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1862 - 412 pages
...very volume of Bacon which contains the passage I commend to your reflection. Here it is. Listen : ' Take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man who, to him, is instead of a God, or melior natura, which...
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