 IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...  HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS - Page 382by KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922Full view - About this book
 | My youthful companions - 1846 - 170 pages
...soliloquy, is applicable to the mass of Pagan sages : — * It must be so. Plato, thou reasonest well I Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man.' — ADDISOJV. " But," I continued, " I do not take the ancient sages as my oracles in this matter :... | |
 | Joshua Bates - 1846 - 484 pages
...not real. This whole argument of ancient philosophy has been beautifully expressed in modern poetry : Plato, thou reasonest well! — Else whence this pleasing...and startles at destruction. 'Tis the Divinity that stire within us ; • 'Tis Heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 pages
...right arm, than to extend both. 30. CATO'S SOLH.OQTJT ON THE IMMORTALITY OP THE So*n>— Addison, 1. It must be so. — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else...secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought 1 Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs... | |
 | 1846 - 668 pages
...longing after immortality 1 Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror Of falling into naught T Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." — Addison's Cato. Without pretending to have given more than a brief synopsis of the argument from... | |
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...Addison. (" Effusive and Expulsive orotund :" " Subdued and Suppressed " force : " Median stress.") " It must be so ; — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else,...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'T is the Divinity that stirs within us : 'T is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | United States. 73d Congress, 2d session, 1934. House - 1934 - 68 pages
...longing after Immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and Inward horror. Of falling Into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...points out an hereafter And Intimates eternity to man. Prom the time the first savage crawled from his rude cave dwelling and bowed in worship before the... | |
 | United States. Congress House - 1934 - 62 pages
...human heart for immortality and left that yearning unfulfilled? Gate's thoughts are ours when he says: It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else...this secret dread, and Inward horror, Of falling Into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tie the divinity that stirs... | |
 | United States. 73d Cong., 2d sess., 1934. House - 1934 - 58 pages
...human heart for immortality and left that yearning unfulfilled? Cato's thoughts are ours when he says: It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else...this secret dread, and Inward horror, Of falling Into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tls the divinity that stirs... | |
 | United States. 73d Cong., 2d sess., 1934. House - 1934 - 76 pages
...immortality and left that yearning unfulfilled? Cato's thoughts are ours when he says: It must be BO — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing...this secret dread, and Inward horror, Of falling Into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tls the divinity that stirs... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1939 - 76 pages
...Plato's book on the Immortality of the Soul in his hand and a drawn sword on the table before him: Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing...this secret dread, and Inward horror, Of falling Into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tls the divinity that stirs... | |
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