 | Dugald Stewart - 1877 - 394 pagina’s
...water, is sufficient to destroy him. But though the whole universe should overwhelm him, man would still be nobler than that by which he falls, for he knows that he dies, while the universe is unconscious of its victory. In thought thus lies the whole dignity of man. In... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - 794 pagina’s
...an exhalation, from a drop of water. But should the Universe conspire to crush him, man would still be nobler than that by which he falls; for he knows that he dies ; and of the victory which the universe has over him, the universe knows nothing. Thus our whole dignity... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1860 - 746 pagina’s
...an exhalation, from a drop of water. But should the universe conspire to crush him, man would still be nobler than that by which he falls; for he knows that he dies; and of the victory which the universe has over him, the universe knows nothing. Thus our whole dignity... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1860 - 390 pagina’s
...water, is sufficient to destroy him. But though the whole universe should overwhelm him, man would still be nobler than that by which he falls, for he knows that he dies, while the universe is unconscious of its victory. In thought thus lies the whole dignity of man. In... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1863 - 296 pagina’s
...an exhalation, from a drop of water. But should the universe conspire to crush him. man would still be nobler than that by which he falls ; for he knows that he dies ; and of the victory which the universe has over him, the universe knows nothing. Thus our whole dignity... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1866 - 900 pagina’s
...terminate the miracle, to reave the heaven of its divinities, and to disenchant the universe.t — But even this, the only admiration of which our intelligent...we ought to hold, and not by space or duration."] * Prudent, contra Syni. ii. 479. [But did old Chapnmn take the hint from Prudentius, or draw inspiration... | |
 | Raphael De Cordova Lewin - 1870 - 94 pagina’s
...an exhalation, from a drop of water. But should the universe conspire to crush him, man would still be nobler than that by which he falls ; for he knows that he dies ; and of the victory which the universe has over him, the universe knows nothing. Thus our whole dignity... | |
 | 1872 - 554 pagina’s
...an exhalation, from a drop of water. But should the universe conspire to crush him, man would still be nobler than that by which he falls; for he knows that he dies, and of the victory which the universe has over him, the universe knows nothing. Thus our whole dignity... | |
 | 1877 - 660 pagina’s
...an exhalation, from a drop of water. But should the universe conspire to crush him, man would still be nobler than that by which he falls; for he knows that he dies; and of the victory which the universe has over him the universe knows nothing." Yes ; to see that death... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1883 - 638 pagina’s
...an exhalation from a drop of water. But should the universe conspire to destroy him, man would still be nobler than that by which he falls, for he knows that he dies." It is the mind, then, that makes even the meanest man potentially great. Reason impels him to seek... | |
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Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapour, a drop of water suffices to kill him. But, if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble... 
