| William Ward McLane - 1892 - 280 pages
...become Buddha, it is because the mouth prays and not the mind." "It is well said," remarks Carlyle, "in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief...with regard to him. A man's or a nation of men's. The thing a man does practically lay to heart, and know for certain, concerning his vital relations... | |
| George Pierce Hays, George Price Hays - 1892 - 628 pages
...the same moral qualities nurtured that secured this blessing? If Carlyle is right in the statement that "a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him," is it not of some moment that we should try to propagate and foster such a religion ? We are getting... | |
| Otto Jespersen - 1894 - 396 pages
...doctor of divinity's . lady" | ibid., i., 164, " The member of Parliaments lady" | Carlyle, Her., 2, "A man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. A man's or a nation of men's " \ ibid., 87, " The man of business's faculty " | Pattison, Milton, 44, " Agar, who was in the Clerk... | |
| 1894 - 590 pages
...Hence the ghost theory is faulty in this important matter, and Mr. Carlyle is right when he remarks: "It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief thing with regard to him." Truly, the thing a man does practically lay to heart, and know for certain,... | |
| William Samuel Lilly - 1895 - 262 pages
...men's hearts and lives. You remember his definition of religion in one of his Lectures on Heroes. " A man's religion is the chief fact with regard to...nation of men's. By religion I do not mean here the church creed which he professes, the articles of faith which he will sign, and, in words or otherwise,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - 300 pages
...Prophet, Poet, Priest, Man of Letters, King. this Paganism. In the preceding paragraph he had written : ' It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. ... Of a man or of a nation we inquire, therefore, first of all, What religion they had ? Was it Heathenism,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 304 pages
...Prophet, Poet, Priest, Man of Letters, King. this Paganism. In the preceding paragraph he had written: ' It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. ... Of a man pr of a nation we inquire, therefore, first of all, What religion they had ? Was it Heathenism,... | |
| Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1896 - 394 pages
...the life that is to come. It gives him his ethical ideal and supplies him motives. Carlyle once said that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. Hence the question of religious training is one of supreme interest and importance. All that has been... | |
| Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1896 - 396 pages
...the life that is to come. It gives him his ethical ideal and supplies him motives. Carlyle once said that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. Hence the question of religious training is one of supreme interest and importance. All that has been... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 486 pages
...all events, I must make the attempt. It is well said, in every sense, that a man's jtst~. 5 ligion is the chief fact with regard to him^ A man's, or...otherwise, assert; not this wholly, in many cases 10 not this at all. We see men of all kinds of professed creeds attain to almost all degrees of worth... | |
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