 | 1862 - 720 pages
...think, must first proceed in the method indicated by Thomas Carlyle in the following remarkable passage: "A man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. A man's or a nation of men. By religion I do not mean the church-creed which he professes, the articles of faith which he... | |
 | 1861 - 482 pages
...respect, is evident from the whole tenor of his writings, and, in his Hero- Worship he expressly states that a " man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him." But his mind is not logical, or consistent with itself, and many Students fascinated by his originality... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1964 - 1084 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... | |
 | MRS. MILNER - 1856 - 1092 pages
...religion, in some form, is the common attribute and possession of mankind. Truly has it been said, that " a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him." How important, then, that with regard to this chief and primary concern, his views should be just and... | |
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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... 
