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" It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. A man's, or a nation of men's. By religion I do not mean here the church-creed which he 25 professes, the articles of faith which he will sign and, in words or... "
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art - Page 286
1849
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Outlines of Victorian Literature

Hugh Walker, Janie Roxburgh Walker - 1913 - 1116 pages
...Carlyle, the supreme interest of Goethe lay in his religion. The "Calvinist without the Christianity" held that "a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him." Religion is " the thing a man does practically believe;... the thing a man does practically lay to...
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Good English in Good Form

Dora Knowlton Ranous - 1916 - 264 pages
...parts of the sentence necessary to make it grammatically complete may be left for the reader to supply. It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion...assert; not this wholly, in many cases not this at all. 3. When a sentence is purposely left unfinished, the dash takes the place of the period. " Excuse me,"...
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Sartor Resartus: On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History

Thomas Carlyle - 1916 - 512 pages
...events, 1 must make the attempt. *~ r — II It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion the chief fact with regard to him. A man's, or a nation of men's* .By religion I do riot mean here the church-creed which he- professes, the articles of faith which he will sign and,...
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... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons ...

1916 - 406 pages
...worthy to live for, — cannot but control the destiny of a nation. Carlyle says that " in every sense, a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. A man's, or a nation of men's." III. FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEW TEMPLE LAID, AND DEDICATED WITH GREAT JOY, 3 : 8-13. In the second year...
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Chapters on English...

Jens Otto Harry Jesperson - 1918 - 208 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 business1 s faculty " | Pattison, Milton, 44, " Agar, who was in the Clerk...
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English Journal, Volume 14

1925 - 850 pages
...paragraph," and earned credit for reading the paragraph only if every check on the sentences was correct. It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. By religion I do not mean here the church-creed which he professes, the articles of faith which he...
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English Journal, Volume 14

1925 - 872 pages
...paragraph," and earned credit for reading the paragraph only if every check on the sentences was correct. It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. By religion I do not mean here the church-creed which he professes, the articles of faith which he...
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English Literature: A Survey and a Commentary

Francis Meehan - 1928 - 764 pages
...Besides, Dante took as the basis of his writings the Christian philosophy of life. When Carlyle says that "a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him," he is only uttering a truth to which Dante had given the supreme literary expression in his Divine...
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The Nineteenth Century and After, Volume 81, Part 2

1917 - 734 pages
...religion. What did Socrates hold, what did he inculcate? I take this first because I think, with Carlyle, that ' a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him ' ; and that ' the thing which a man does practically believe — often without asserting it, even...
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The Menorah Journal, Volume 4

1918 - 474 pages
...parting of his hair; the least important — its color. For there is still truth in Carlyle's saying that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him, and by religion here we mean any act of consciousness, any desire, hope, or ideal, from his choice...
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