 | 1867 - 902 pages
...state of the human spirit." Peace and the vices of civil life, we are told, only flourish together. " All great nations learned their truth of word and strength of thought in war ; they were diaries Lamb : A Memoir. 183 nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 232 pages
...— peace, and sensuality — peace, and selfishness — peace, and death. I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 228 pages
...— peace, and sensuality — peace, and selfishness — peace, and death. I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 230 pages
...— peace, and sensuality — peace, and selfishness — peace, and death. I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1874 - 164 pages
...and sensuality, peace and selfishness, peace and corruption, peace and death. I found, in brief, that all great • nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were flourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained... | |
 | 1917 - 726 pages
...untenable. Peace and the vices of civil life, only, flourish together. . . . "I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word and strength of thought in war, that they were nourished in war and wasted by peace, taught by war and deceived by peace, trained by... | |
 | Walter Senior - 1880 - 388 pages
...and sensuality, peace and selfishness, peace and corruption, peace and death. I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word and strength of thought in war; that they were nourished in war and wasted by peace, taught by war and deceived by peace, trained by... | |
 | Alfred Edersheim - 1882 - 398 pages
...(Matt. 7.8) ; while in older prophetic utterance, "the CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMING KINGDOM. that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war and wasted in peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1884 - 434 pages
...and sensuality, peace and selfishness, peace and corruption, peace and death. I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1885 - 410 pages
...and sensuality, peace and selfishness, peace and corruption, peace and death. I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained... | |
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I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained by war, and betrayed by peace; — in a word, that... 
