 Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide.  Poems - Page 48by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 552 pages
...fast. For men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide." — Cmopcr. Not so the coming man, "the Milton and Helmholtz rolled into one;" realising religious... | |
 | Ambrose P. Dietz - 1879 - 440 pages
..." Some men go wrong with an ingenious skill; Bend the strict rule to their own crooked will; While with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide." Common sense may be styled the balance-wheel of the mind, keeping it in proper working order. It is... | |
 | Charles Frederick Childe - 1879 - 184 pages
...; " if they mis.3 the truth, it is because they have " not received the love of the truth." Thus " Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. " Remembering this, let us "consider ourselves lest we also be tempted ; " and whilst resolute and... | |
 | Robert MacDonald - 1879 - 672 pages
...the other. Every wrongness in the heart ever tends to produce more or less of darkness in the mind. " Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." In all cases the one grand standard, to which everything must be referred, is the Word of God. " To... | |
 | Robert Craig - 1879 - 228 pages
...influence on the whole ; and whatever is on the sido of evil has a hurtful influence on the whole. " Errors in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." A dissolute life is a hotbed of doubts. Men doing the will of God know the truth. It is possible to... | |
 | James Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) - 1880 - 232 pages
...iv. 3. Thus men go wrong, with an ingenious skill; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will: And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing—but to lose the race. PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE. Promising is the very air of the time; it... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1880 - 602 pages
...fast. For men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide." Cawper. Not so the coming man, "the Milton and Helmholtz rolled into one : " realising religious feeling... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 680 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and shining lamp supplied. First...for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal size, I One leg by truth supported, one by lies, They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing,... | |
 | Charles Neil - 1882 - 1052 pages
...love it. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. Bend the straight rule to their own crocked will, And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. * * * * * Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these, reciprocally, those again. The mind... | |
 | Isabel Reaney - 1882 - 286 pages
...do live out theirs, subject to erroneous views or misconceived ideas. As Cowper ably puts it — " Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again: The life and conscience mutually imprint And stamp their image on each other's mint.'' The " error " evident... | |
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