Unity Pulpit, Volume 2G.H. Ellis, 1880 |
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... never done anything for anybody . " Of course , by this he meant he had never loved or thought or labored or cared for any beyond the immediate circle of his own family and friends ; and he added , " If I should die , the world would be ...
... never done anything for anybody . " Of course , by this he meant he had never loved or thought or labored or cared for any beyond the immediate circle of his own family and friends ; and he added , " If I should die , the world would be ...
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... never merely a copy . The man who goes out and paints a tree just as it looks and stands has not made a work of art . The man who goes and copies a horse or a cow has not created a work of art . If he has painted the face of a friend ...
... never merely a copy . The man who goes out and paints a tree just as it looks and stands has not made a work of art . The man who goes and copies a horse or a cow has not created a work of art . If he has painted the face of a friend ...
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... never yet on the face of the earth a woman like the Venus of Milo ; and that is the most wonderful statue in the world , simply because it overtops and out - towers every material expression of the grandeur and beauty and completeness ...
... never yet on the face of the earth a woman like the Venus of Milo ; and that is the most wonderful statue in the world , simply because it overtops and out - towers every material expression of the grandeur and beauty and completeness ...
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... never thought that the wind , literally and simply , was God ; but they could use the meaning and the force of this . as an illustration . They could feel the wind fanning their cheeks , they could see it heave the lake or the sea into ...
... never thought that the wind , literally and simply , was God ; but they could use the meaning and the force of this . as an illustration . They could feel the wind fanning their cheeks , they could see it heave the lake or the sea into ...
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... never been able to feel , he would have no thoughts and no language connected with the sensation of feeling . Sup- pose that he had never heard anything : he would have no thoughts , no feelings , no impressions , no words , springing ...
... never been able to feel , he would have no thoughts and no language connected with the sensation of feeling . Sup- pose that he had never heard anything : he would have no thoughts , no feelings , no impressions , no words , springing ...
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Popular passages
Page 11 - RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow : The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 12 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease ; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 1 - Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers...
Page 12 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 15 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 18 - Rest unto our souls." —Rest unto our souls! — 'tis all we want, — the end of all our wishes and pursuits : give us a prospect of this, we take the wings of the morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth...
Page 16 - THOU art, O GOD, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from Thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine...
Page 11 - For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Page 11 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.
Page 14 - Who knows whither the clouds have fled ? In the unscarred heaven they leave no wake; And the eyes forget the tears they have shed, The heart forgets its sorrow and ache...