 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
 | Lucas Malet - 1891 - 466 pages
...CHAPTER I. II. Ill IV V. VI VII. THE WAGES OF SIN. BOOK I.—MAN AND MAID. • Things are what they arc, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be deceived.'—BISHOP BUTLER. CHAPTER I. ONE September day towards sunset, when the world... | |
 | New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1891 - 802 pages
...consequences. As Bishop Butler says in his famous "Analogy," "Things are what they are, and consequences will be what they will be: why, then, should we wish to deceive ourselves? " That is a truth which I have often thought has as great a bearing in the common... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Finlayson - 1893 - 406 pages
...seemed to be thinking and speaking in the spirit of Butler's memorable words: " 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." If he argued, with a force which few men rivalled, against agnosticism and... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Finlayson - 1893 - 410 pages
...seemed to be thinking and speaking in the spirit of Butler's memorable words: " 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." If he argued, with a force which few men rivalled, against agnosticism and... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1895 - 306 pages
...no other Establishment so reasonable. Churches are ch3racterised, I have said, by their great men. Show me any other great Church of which a chief actor...will be ; why then should we wish to be deceived?" To take in and digest such a sentence as that is an education in moral and intellectual activity. And,... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1895 - 352 pages
...must follow as facts and reason oblige me to go. "Things are what they are," as Bishop Butler says, " and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ?" Let us face facts, seeking only to know what they are, and, as far as we can,... | |
 | 1895 - 450 pages
...are,' says Bishop Butler in his unadorned but forcible English, ' things are what they are and tbe consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' Yet men do deceive themselves every day, pretending that many things are... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 238 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 Butler's is surely the right and... | |
 | William Caldwell - 1896 - 610 pages
...things. " ' Things are what they are,' says Bishop Butler in his unadorned hut forcible English —' things are what they are, and the consequences of...them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' Yet men do deceive themselves every day." * Say what one will about Schopenhauer,... | |
 | William Caldwell - 1896 - 560 pages
...things. " ' Things are what they are/ says Bishop Butler in his unadorned but forcible English —' things are what they are, and the consequences of...them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' Yet men do deceive themselves every day." * Say what one will about Schopenhauer,... | |
| |
