 Nay more, thoughtful men, once escaped from the blinding influences of traditional prejudice, will find in the lowly stock whence man has sprung, the best evidence of the splendour of his capacities; and will discern in his long progress through the past,...  Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Pagina 165geredigeerd door - 1877Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1877 - 1004 pagina’s
...evidence of the splendour of his capacities ; ami will discern, in his long progress through the Past, a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler Future.' * Surely this is ' shallow rhetoric.' It is quite true that when a man springs from a lowly stock,... | |
 | 1863 - 530 pagina’s
...the philosophy which he unfolds will teach man to " discern in his long progress through the past, a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler future ;" and the first observes that " so far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction... | |
 | 1863 - 538 pagina’s
...the philosophy which he unfolds will teach man to " discern in his long progress through the past, a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler future ;" and the first observes that " so far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1863 - 204 pagina’s
...evidence of the splendour of his capacities ; and will discern in his long progress through the Past, a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler Future. They will remember that in comparing civilized man with the animal world, one is as the Alpine traveller,... | |
 | George Moore - 1866 - 392 pagina’s
...evidence of the splendour of his capacities; and will discern in his long progress through the Past a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler Future.' * The Past of man indicated in this quotation is, alas! lost in the unknown history of ' the lowly... | |
 | 1870 - 400 pagina’s
...evidence of the splendour of his capacities, and will discern in his long progress through the past a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler future." The argument relied on is weak, lacking fact as its basis. The Professor builds too much upon if, as... | |
 | Ludwig Büchner - 1872 - 404 pagina’s
...evidence of the splendour of his capacities; and will discern in his long progress through the Past a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler Future." In reality the humbler our origin, the more elevated is our present position in Nature! the smaller... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1873 - 204 pagina’s
...evidence of the splendour of his capacities ; and will discern in his long progress through the Past, a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler Future. They will remember that in comparing civilized man with the animal world, one is as the Alpine traveller,... | |
 | Armand de Quatrefages - 1875 - 190 pagina’s
...evidence of the splendor of his capacities ; and will discern, in his long progress through the past, a reasonable ground of faith in his attainment of a nobler future." B. IT is probable that if M. Quatrefages had made the experiment of taking persons to a case wherein... | |
 | 1877 - 828 pagina’s
...language essentially similar to Mr. Harrison's on the most interesting of all questions : ' Thoughtful men, onco escaped from the blinding influences of...faith in his attainment of a nobler future.' ' His,' yon observe, does not apply to yon or me or any man in particular — only to Man in general, to Mankind.... | |
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