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" Faults ? The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there ' the man according to God's own heart'? "
The Saturday Magazine - Page 112
1841
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The Works of Thomas Carlyle: On heroes, hero-worship and the heroic in history

Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 284 pages
...even, of Mahomet, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there ' the man according...
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Thomas Carlyle

Hector C. Macpherson - Authors, English - 1897 - 172 pages
...between the ethical severity of the pulpit and the daring laxity of free thought. As the Edinburgh make too much of faults; the details of the business...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there "the man according...
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On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History

Thomas Carlyle - Heroes - 1897 - 486 pages
...even, of 5 Mahomet, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...it. Faults? The greatest of faults, I should say, is 10 to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who...
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St. Nicholas, Volume 24, Part 1

Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1897 - 580 pages
...18. Grant. 19. Hayes. 20. Garfield. 21. Arthur 22. Cleveland. 23. Ben Harrison. NI'MERICAL ENIGMA. " The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none," CHARADE. Cottage. je, must be received not later than the isth of each month, and should 'Co., 33 East...
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Modern Eloquence: Lectures

Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1900 - 470 pages
...even, of Mahomet, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there " the man according...
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Sacred Books of the East: Comprising the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta ...

Epiphanius Wilson - English literature - 1900 - 482 pages
...even, of Mohammed, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there " the man according...
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Modern Eloquence, Volume 4

Thomas Brackett Reed - Fine books - 1900 - 470 pages
...even, of Mahomet, if such were never so well proved against him, shake this primary fact about him. On the whole, we make too much of faults ; the details...faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there " the man according...
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Studies in Old Testament Characters

Wilbert Webster White - Bible - 1900 - 300 pages
...his own estimation. Think with him his thoughts in the night watches and be instructed against sin. "Faults! the greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Readers of the Bible, above all, one would think, might know better. Who is called there the man according...
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A Modern English Grammar

Huber Gray Buehler - English language - 1900 - 328 pages
...so neatly secured the position. 15. The true university of these days is a collection of books. 16. The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. 18. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step toward knowledge. 19. The winds and waves...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

John Bartlett - Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity. Sartor Resarttu. Book Hi. Chip. Hi. The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.* Heroes and Hero- Worship. The Hero ai a Prophet. 1 Carlyle in his essay on Mirabeau, 1837, quotes this...
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