 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
 | Alexander Viets Griswold Allen - 1889 - 428 pages
...unconsciously, even against his will. Bishop Butler gave expression to this recondite truth when he said, " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be." The emphasis which Edwards laid upon the will as the principal factor in man as well as in God, gave... | |
 | William Crary Brownell - 1889 - 434 pages
...in the intelligence working thus simply and freely. Of Butler's saying, before cited, namely, that "things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be," Mr. Arnold admirably affirms that " to take in and to digest such a sentence as that is an education... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold Allen - 1889 - 430 pages
...unconsciously, even against his will. Bishop Butler gave expression to this recondite truth when he said, " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be." The emphasis which Edwards laid upon the will as the principal factor in man as well as in God, gave... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold Allen - 1889 - 428 pages
...unconsciously, even against his will. Bishop Butler gave expression to this recondite truth when he said, " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be." The emphasis which Edwards laid upon the will as the principal factor in man as well as in God, gave... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - 552 pages
...the fine name of patriotism, a good deal of selfflattery and self-delusion which is mischievous. " Things are what they are, and the consequences of...them will be what they will be; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ?" In that uncompromising sentence of Bishop u Butler's is surely the right and... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - 516 pages
...the fine name of patriotism, a good deal of selfflattery and self-delusion which is mischievous. " Things are what they are, and the consequences of...them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived?" In that uncompromising sentence of Bishop is Butler's is surely the right and... | |
 | John Rickaby - 1890 - 420 pages
...fact, that a most powerful discourse might be delivered to •enforce the text from Bishop Butler: " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be." How many lives are passed in ignoring this truth ! case there is a mean between mere is and is not,... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1891 - 322 pages
...no other Establishment so reasonable. Churches are characterised, I have said, by their great men. Show me any other great Church of which a chief actor...luminary has a sentence like this sentence, splendide rerax, of Butler's :—' Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will... | |
 | 1891 - 524 pages
...romance for an idle hour, but a grim and coherent setting-forth of the logical sequences of evil. " Things 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 have noted so much, it may be not a betrayal of the story, but rather... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1891 - 294 pages
...no other Establishment so reasonable. Churches are characterised, I have said, by their great men. Show me any other great Church of which a chief actor...luminary has a sentence like this sentence, splendide i-erax, of Butler's :—' Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they... | |
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