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ReviewsWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.Write review Common terms and phrasesAbelard apostles appear Atheism authority beautiful believe Bernard better Bible blessed body born called century character Chris Christ Christianity Christology church death devil disciples divine doctrines doubt earth Ebionites England eternal evil eyes fact faith false fancy fathers fear German German literature give God's Gospels Greek hands heart heathen Heaven Hegel Henry of Lausanne heretics holy honor human idea ideal Jesus Jewish Jews John Joseph of Arimathea Judea labor Leibnitz literature live look Lothaire matter ment Messiah mind miracles monk moral Moses myth mythical nation nature never Old Testament opinion pass Paul perfect person Peter of Bruis Pharisee philosophy pious poor Pope prophets race Reason religion religious scholars Scriptures sect seems soul spirit story Strauss teachers theology things thought tianity tion toil true truth whole words write References from web pagesTheodore Parker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Popular passagesOr waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Page 232 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth, and behold, he eateth ; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and behold, he drinketh ; but he awaketh, and behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite : so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. Page 187 For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby, but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then... Page 359 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these when those are pass'd away. Page 163 Enow of such as for their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! Page 80 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. Page 11 To our apprehension, Jesus was much greater than the evangelists represent him. We would not measure him by the conceptions formed by Jewish or heathen converts, but by the long stream of light he shed on the first three centuries after his death and through them on all time since. But to return to our task. Dr. Dorner admits this idea does not appear in the earliest Christian writings, which we think is quite as inexplicable, taking his standpoint, as it would be if Columbus, after the discovery... Page 378 Yet it seems difficult to conceive any reason, why moral and religious truths should rest for their support on the personal authority of their revealer, any more than the truths of science on that of him who makes them known first or most clearly. Page 168 German literature is the fairest, the richest, the most original, fresh, and religious literature of all modern times. We say this advisedly. We do not mean to say Germany has produced the greatest poetic genius of all modern times. Page 36 It is barren in effects, fruitful in questions, slow and languid in its improvement, exhibiting in its generality the counterfeit of perfection, but ill filled up in its details, popular in its choice, but suspected by its very promoters, and therefore bolstered up and countenanced with artifices. Even those who have been determined to try for themselves, to add their support to learning, and to enlarge its limits, have not dared entirely to desert received opinions, nor to seek the spring-head of... Page 161 More book information |