The eminence, the nobleness of a people, depends on its capability of being stirred by memories, and of striving for what we call spiritual ends — ends which consist not in immediate material possession, but in the satisfaction of a great feeling that... The Jewish Question and the Mission of the Jews - Page 83by Sir Charles Waldstein - 1894 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1881 - 510 pages
...noble traditions will often lift np a generation to heroism and moral grandeur. George Eliot says : " The historian guides us rightly in urging us to dwell...great feeling that animates the collective body as one soul. A people having the seed of worthiness in it must feel an answering thrill when it is adjured... | |
| Nineteenth century - 1881 - 1120 pages
...The eminence, the nobleness of a people depends on its capability of being stirred by memoriea, and striving for what we call spiritual ends, ends which...that animates the collective body as with one soul. (GEORGE ELIOT, Impressions of TAeophrastus Such.) OF the great dramatic literatures of the world —... | |
| James Platt - Economics - 1882 - 234 pages
...striving for what we call spiritual ends — ends which consist not in immediate material possessions, but in the satisfaction of a great feeling that animates the collective body as with one soul " (GEORGE ELIOT). The object of my writing is to make men think more of this world, not in being more... | |
| George Willis Cooke - Novelists, English - 1883 - 454 pages
...ought to draw all the scattered Israelites together and unite them again in a common national life. A people having the seed of worthiness In it must...it is adjured by the deaths of its heroes who died te preserve its national existence ; when it is reminded of its small beginnings and gradual growth... | |
| James Platt - Conduct of life - 1883 - 538 pages
...striving for what we call spiritual ends—ends which consist not in immediate material possessions, but in the satisfaction of a great feeling that animates the collective body as with one soul" (GEOEQE ELIOT). The object of my writing is to make men think more of this world, not in being more... | |
| clement scott - 1885 - 446 pages
...striving for what we call spiritual ends — ends which consist not in immediate material possessions, but in the satisfaction of a great feeling that animates the collective body as with one soul." So says George Eliot. And who teaches us the high truth so finely as our poet Shakespeare ? It is noteworthy... | |
| George Eliot - 1886 - 520 pages
...rightly in urging us to dwell on the virtues of our ancestors with emulation, and to cherish our sense of common descent as a bond of obligation. The eminence,...adjured by the deaths of its heroes who died to preserve it national existence; when it is reminded of its small beginnings and gradual growth through past... | |
| George Eliot - 1887 - 520 pages
...rightly in urging us to dwell on the virtues of our ancestors with emulation, and to cherish our sense of common descent as a bond of obligation. The eminence,...adjured by the deaths of its heroes who died to preserve it national existence; when it is reminded of its small beginnings and gradual growth through past... | |
| George Eliot - Florence (Italy) - 1889 - 712 pages
...rightly in urging us to dwell on the virtues of our ancestors with emulation, and to cherish our sense of common descent as a bond of obligation. The eminence,...adjured by the deaths of its heroes who died to preserve it national existence; when it is reminded of its small beginnings and gradual growth through past... | |
| Lionel Tennyson - 1891 - 250 pages
...The eminence, the nobleness of a people depends on its capability of being stirred by memories, and striving for what we call spiritual ends, ends which...feeling that animates the collective body as with one soul—GEORGE ELIOT, Impressions of Theophrastus Such. OF the great dramatic literatures of the world—the... | |
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