 It is not for nothing that he has in him these sympathies with some principles and repugnance to others. He, with all his capacities and aspirations, and beliefs, is not an accident, but a product of the time. He must remember that while he is a descendant...  Justice: Being Part IV of The Principles of Ethics - Page 274by Herbert Spencer - 1892 - 299 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herbert Spencer - 1898 - 528 pages
...his view and that which I have myself more than once expressed. In § 34 of First Principles I have said, in reference to the hesitating inquirer : —...born to him, which he may not carelessly let die. lie, like every other man, may properly consider himself as one of the myriad agencies through whom... | |
 | Eliza Boardman Burnz - 1898 - 136 pages
...necessary condition to the exact and orderly working of the universal and ever persistent law of progress. His thoughts are as children born to him which he may not carelessly let die. The multitude peer into remote antiquity to discover a golden age which never existed but in the poet's... | |
 | John Joseph Valentine - 1899 - 62 pages
...unit of force, constituting, with other such units, the general power which works out social changes. It is not for nothing that he has in him these sympathies...born to him, which he may not carelessly let die." — Herbert Spencer. SIDE LIGHT FROM HISTORY, The Romans were at war with the Tarentines, who, not... | |
 | John Joseph Valentine - 1899 - 60 pages
...other suoh units, the general power which works out social changes. It is not for nothing that he hag in him these sympathies with some principles and repugnance...born to him, which he may not carelessly let die."— Herbert Spencer. SIDE LIGHT FROM HISTORY. The Bomans were at war with the Tarentines, who, not being... | |
 | Eugene Halsey Wood - 1901 - 110 pages
...accident but a product of the time. He must remember that while he is a descendant of the past he i» a parent of the future, and that his thoughts are...which he may not carelessly let die. He, like every \g' • othejs/mau, may properly consider himself •as' one of the myriad agencies through whom works... | |
 | Frank Oliver Hall - 1901 - 234 pages
...time. He must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future ; and his thoughts are as children born to him, which he may not carelessly let die. . . . Not as adventitious therefore will the wise man regard the faith which is in him. The highest... | |
 | 1883 - 404 pages
...the past he is a parent of the future; and that his thoughts are as children born to him, which be may not carelessly let die. He, like every other man,...consider himself as one of the myriad agencies through which works the Unknown Cause: and when the Unknown Cause produces in him a certain belief, he is thereby... | |
 | Eliza Boardman Burnz - 1906 - 180 pages
...sary condition to the exact and orderly working of the universal and ever- persistent law of progress. His thoughts are as children born to him which he may not carelessly let die." Thus inspired with the spirit of the real reformer, Mrs. Burnz, firm in the belief that slavery was... | |
 | Caleb Williams Saleeby - 1907 - 334 pages
...accident but a product of the time. While he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future and his thoughts are as children born to him, which he may not carelessly let die. . . . Not as adventitious therefore will the wise man regard the faith which is in him. The highest... | |
 | Dora Duty Jones - 1909 - 366 pages
...highest truth . . . may reassure himself by looking at his acts from an impersonal point of view. . . . He must remember that, while he is a descendant of...born to him, which he may not carelessly let die." — HERBERT SPENCER. j CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD xiii PART I I. INTRODUCTORY 3 II. VOWEL RESONANCE IN... | |
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