| 1869 - 642 pages
...symbol, on Jesus of Nazareth, His life and biography, and whatfollowed therefrom. Higherhasthehuman thought not yet reached ; this is Christianity and Christendom ; a symbol of qui te perennial infinite character, whose significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into and... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1870 - 326 pages
...extrinsic. If thou ask to what ' height man has carried it in this manner, look on our ' divinest Symbol : on Jesus of Nazareth, and his Life, and ' his Biography,...Christendom ; a Symbol of quite perennial, infinite cha' racter ; whose significance will ever demand to be anew ' inquired into, and anew made manifest.... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1871 - 408 pages
...this manner, look on our di' vinest Symbol : on Jesus of Nazareth, and his Life, and his Bio' graphy, and what followed therefrom. Higher has the human...Symbol of quite perennial, infinite character; whose signifi' cance will ever demand to be anew inquired into, and anew made ' manifest. ' But, on the whole,... | |
| John Richard T. Eaton - 1873 - 450 pages
...155. " If thou ask to what height man has carried it in this manner, look on our Divinest Symbol-*on Jesus of Nazareth and his life and his biography,...significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into and auew made manifest." We need hardly point out the fallacy and evasion which is met with in some quarters,... | |
| Joseph Dame Weeks - 1874 - 312 pages
...extrinsic. If thou ask to what height man has carried it in this matter, look on our divinest Symbol — on Jesus of Nazareth, and his Life, and his Biography,...to be anew inquired into, and anew made manifest." To these words of Carlyle we can add little. They are words that you will not gain their full meaning... | |
| Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 640 pages
...Jesus of Nazareth," says he, " our divinest symbol ! Higher has the human thought not yet reached." " A symbol of quite perennial, infinite character, whose...ever demand to be anew 'inquired into, and anew made « sartor R&. manifest."4 Dr. Channing, of Boston, the foremost man in ..... his day among American... | |
| John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 628 pages
...for the subject, to use the words of Mr. Carlyle, is "of quite perennial, infinite character, and its significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into, and anew made manifest." The freshness and interest of the name of Jesus, and its power as a great factor in the spiritual history... | |
| 1878 - 604 pages
...The subject is, in fact, as Mr. Carlyle has said, " of quite perennial infinite character, aud its significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into and anew made manifest." Looked at from whatever standpoint we will, we must allow that Christianity is the most 'powerful and... | |
| 1878 - 592 pages
...human thought not yet reached !" A symbol of quite perennial, infinite character, whose signifieance will ever demand to be anew inquired into, and anew made manifest." Dr. Channing, the foremost man among American Unitarians, is equally marked in his words. "The character... | |
| John Richard Turner Eaton - 1879 - 420 pages
...155. " If thou ask to what height man has carried it in this manner, look on our Divinest Symbol — on Jesus of Nazareth and his life and his biography,...to be anew inquired into and anew made manifest." We need hardly point out the fallacy and evasion which is met with in some quarters, of admitting to... | |
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