| 1857 - 520 strani
...faculty of the age, and that * Herschel, Airy, Peacock, \Vhewell, Babbage, Lubbock. the powers as well as the thoughts of men are " widened with the process of the suns." Although this dissertation is headed " A General View of Mathematical and Physical Science," into one... | |
| 1863 - 448 strani
...for the future. Notwithstanding falls of Roman Empires, and French Revolutions, — " Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And...of men are widened with the process of the suns." While we cling to a faith in progress, let our faith be a reverent faith, ascribing the glory where... | |
| James Ewing Ritchie - 1858 - 260 strani
...again. Changing myself, how can I subscribe an. unchanging creed ? ' Excelsior ' is my motto. I believe that ' through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened by the process of the suns.' And it is vain, therefore, that you seek to tie me to a creed, or to stereotype... | |
| 1858 - 784 strani
...say with confidence, even of things human— " Yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. " 1868.] THE SEAMAN a HOME. WIDE let the venturous sea-bird roam, A speck on ocean's bosom cast ; Touch... | |
| WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH - 1858 - 516 strani
...unprofitable, and are belying, so far as you are concerned, the practical as well as poetical truth, that the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Rejecting, he says, the metaphysical dogma .of free will, and the theological dogma of predestined... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1858 - 516 strani
...unprofitable, and are belying, so far as you are concerned, the practical as well as poetical truth, that the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Rejecting, he says, the metaphysical dogma of free will, and the theological dogma of predestined events,... | |
| 1859 - 598 strani
...own addition. Again we ask the aid of Mr. Tennyson in ' Locksley Hall :' — • ' Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And...of men are widened with the process of the suns.' The substitution of law for force has indeed altered the relations of the strong and the weak ; the... | |
| 1860 - 444 strani
...more blessed standard can alone satisfy the unquenched craving of the poet's soul. " Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And...of men are widened with the process of the suns." » » * * * Again:— " Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and he bears a laden breast, Full of sad... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 376 strani
...lion, creeping nigher, Glares at one that nods and winks behind a slowlydying fire. Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And...thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. What is that to him that reaps not harvest of his youthful joys, Though the deep heart of existence... | |
| 1861 - 356 strani
...cunning justify the proud man's wrong, Leaving the poor no remedy but tears. COWPEE. Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And...thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Humanity, toiling in bondage, TENNYSON. From most immemorial time, Hath bowed to the call of error.... | |
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