 Show me any other great Church of which a chief actor and luminary has a sentence like this sentence, splendide verax, of Butler's: " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why, then, should we wish to be deceived  Patriotism and Empire - Page 40by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1899 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1876 - 966 pages
...awful a sense of the reality of things and of the madness of self-deception : " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why then should we desire to be deceived ? " — such a man, even if he was somewhat despotically imposed upon our youth,... | |
 | 1876 - 802 pages
...great Church of which a chief doctor and luminary has a sentence like this sentence, splenthde VCI¿IX, of Butler's: “Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will l)e; why, then, should we desire to be deceived?” To take in such a sentence as that is an education... | |
 | Moritz Lazarus, Heymann Steinthal - 1877 - 498 pages
...Untersuchung mag ein Wort des Bischofs Butler sein: Things and actions are what the are, and the consequence of them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be deceived? Fr. Paulsen. KIILO Fischer und das Gewissen.*) Zwei Excurse eines Mediciners.... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 552 pages
...majestic grandeur, when assembled myriads worship. We take facts as we find them. Butler said,—" Things are what they are, and the consequences of...them will be what they will be; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ?" The duration of life on our globe is but a single pulsation of the mighty... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1880 - 548 pages
...reverence, majestic grandeur, when assembled myriads worship. We take facts as we find them. Butler said—" Things are what they are, and the consequences of...them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ?" The facts are evidence of a far-extending purpose ; every part seems worked... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 354 pages
...for this law, or for anything else. ' It is fit things be stated and considered as they really are.' 'Things are what they are, and the consequences of...them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' And he believed in reason. ' I express myself with caution, lest I should... | |
 | Walter Lewin - 1880 - 368 pages
...memory by a young person, who will better understand their meaning at thirty than he will at eighteen. " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we deceive ourselves ? " Therefore at the outset let everything that is taught, that can be explained... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1880 - 602 pages
...reverence, majestic grandeur, when assembled myriads worship. We take facts as we find them. Butler said—" Things are what they are, and the consequences of...them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ?" The facts are evidence of a far-extending purpose ; every part seems worked... | |
 | William Lucas Collins - 1881 - 220 pages
...it.' We find something very similar in the peroration of his sermon on Balaam. ' Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to... | |
 | William Lucas Collins - 1881 - 210 pages
...it.' We find something very similar in the peroration of his sermon on Balaam. ' Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to... | |
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