 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 páginas
...and vfrong conduct is a peculiarity of this IranKendentalism. "The carrion in the sun," says Emerson, "will convert itself to grass and flowers; and man, though in brothels, or 1 I am going in quest of the great Perhaps ! ' What do I know t jails, or on gibbets, is on his way... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1850 - 678 páginas
...been received with the clearest tokens of favor; especially, the somewhat famous "utterance," that "man though in brothels or jails, or on gibbets, is on his way to all that is good and true ;" we were disposed to share in (he fears that were felt and expressed in various quarters, as to the... | |
 | 1850 - 676 páginas
...been received with the clearest tokens of favor; especially, the somewhat famous "utterance," ihat "man though in brothels or jails, or on gibbets, is on his way to all that is good and true ;" we were disposed to share in the fears that were felt and expressed in various quarters, as to the... | |
 | 1850 - 536 páginas
...before he can even chord with the old Bible, much less produce a new. The pantheism which asserts that " man, though in brothels, or jails, or on gibbets, is on his way to all that is good and true," is not likely to regenerate the world so effectually as will the New Testament. Could some of Mr. Emerson's... | |
 | 1850 - 640 páginas
...pithy sentence — The Divine effort is never retarded, the carrion in the sun will convert itself into grass and flowers, and man, though in brothels or jails, or on the gibbet, is on lux way to all that is good and true. This Optimism is one of the favorite dogmas... | |
 | 1851 - 650 páginas
...glories in the progress he can trace in society's lowest Diabolism. Listen to his triumphant strain : " The carrion in the sun will convert itself to grass...on gibbets, is on his way to all that is good and true."J If Mr. Emerson really does think that great men never concern themselves about consistency,... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1850 - 578 páginas
...perversion had Gothic theology arrived that Swedenborg admitted no conversion for evil spirits ! But the divine effort is never relaxed ; the carrion in...gibbets, is on his way to all that is good and true."* In a word, good and evil, in their essential natures, are indifferent. The bad changes into the good.... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1850 - 450 páginas
...perversion had Gothic theology arrived that Swedenborg admitted no conversion for evil spirits ! But the divine effort is never relaxed ; the carrion in...gibbets, is on his way to all that is good and true."* In a word, good and evil, in their essential natures, are indifferent. The bad changes into the good.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 270 páginas
...perversion had Gothic theology arrived, that Swedenborg admitted no conversion for evil Spirits. But the Divine effort is never relaxed ; the carrion in...though in brothels, or jails, or on gibbets, is on his Tray to all that is good and true. Burns, with the wild humor of his apostrophe to " poor old Nickie... | |
 | Rev. Pearson (Thomas), Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 630 páginas
...It is not to be entertained by a rational agent ; 'it is atheism ; it is the last profanation. . . . The divine effort is never relaxed ; the carrion in...on his way to all that is good and true." This may accord with the " generous spirit of the Indian Vishnu," but Christianity and it are wide as the poles... | |
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To what a painful perversion had Gothic theology arrived, that Swedenborg admitted no conversion for evil spirits! But the divine effort is never relaxed; the carrion in the sun will convert itself to grass and flowers; and man, though in brothels, or... 
