 | 1917 - 920 strani
...an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the "new...the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness. . . . There is a dreadful truth in those words of Hamilton — Philosophy having become a meditation,... | |
 | 1879 - 624 strani
...conceive to be the noblest, and to discipline my intellect into an attitude of purest skepticism. . . . I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual...the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness. Whtn at times I think, as think many times I must, of the lin' lowed glory of that cieed which once... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1878 - 228 strani
...an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the "new faith" is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of " the old/' I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1878 - 232 strani
...an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the " new faith " is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of " the old," I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe... | |
 | Walter Lewin - 1879 - 254 strani
...has recorded his anguish upon finding his search unsuccessful in the demonstration of a God. He says: "I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual...the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness 3 ." There are many thousands who love to think, as Ritter translates the disputed phrase of Parmenides,... | |
 | Robert Flint - 1879 - 600 strani
...an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the 'new faith' is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of 'the old,' I am not ashamed to confess that, with this virtual negation of God, the universe... | |
 | Robert Flint - 1879 - 600 strani
...an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the 'new faith' is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of 'the old,' I am not ashamed to confess that, with this virtual negation of God, the universe... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1880 - 462 strani
...witness the confession of the candid and most unhappy Physicus, at the conclusion of his able work, " I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual...universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness ; and when at times I think of the appalling contrast between the hallowed glory of that creed which once... | |
 | Walter Senior - 1880 - 388 strani
...hopes, engulfing our most precious creed, and burying our highest life in mindless desolation. ... I am not ashamed to confess that, with this virtual...the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness. . . . When at times I think, as think at times I must, of the appalling contrast between the hallowed... | |
 | 1880 - 462 strani
...annihilation. The sadness of a lost belief is yet more intense. An avowed atheist has lately written : " I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual...the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness. Moreover, when I think — as think at times I must — of the appalling contrast between the hallowed... | |
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I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness ; and although from henceforth the precept to 'work while it is day... 
