What Should I Believe?: An Inquiry Into the Nature, Grounds and Value of the Faiths of Science, Society, Morals and Religion |
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Page 120 - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went.
Page 226 - But the thing a man does practically believe (and this is often enough without asserting it even to himself, much less to others) ; the thing a man does practically lay to heart, and know for certain, concerning his vital relations to this mysterious Universe, and his duty and destiny there, that is in all cases the primary thing for him, and creatively determines all the rest.
Page 110 - No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you ! But I have understanding as well as you ; I am not inferior to you...
Page ii - OF JAMES WALKER, DD, LL.D. (Class of 1814) FORMER PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE " Preference being given to works in the Intellectual and Moral Sciences.
Page 235 - But overpoweringly strong proofs of intelligent and benevolent design lie all around us, and if ever perplexities, whether metaphysical or scientific, turn us away from them for a time, they come back upon -us with irresistible force, showing to us through Nature the influence of a free will, and teaching us that all living beings depend on one ever-acting Creator and Ruler.
Page 231 - It is thou who hast created me, And thou hast entrusted to me sovereignty over mankind. According to thy mercy, O lord, which thou bestowest upon all, Cause me to love thy supreme rule. Implant the fear of thy divinity in my heart, Grant to me whatsoever may seem good before thee, Since it is thou that dost control my .life.
Page 230 - Deliverer of the timid man from the violent: judging the poor, the poor and the oppressed: Lord of wisdom whose precepts are wise: at whose pleasure the Nile overflows: Lord of mercy most loving: at whose coming men live...
Page 263 - I will pass then beyond this power of my nature also, rising by degrees unto Him who made me. And I come to the fields and spacious palaces of my memory, where are the treasures of innumerable images, brought into it from things of all sorts perceived by the senses.
Page 70 - To see! to see!— this is the craving of the sailor, as of the rest of blind humanity. To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
Page 199 - Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard : I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.