 ... which has become the commonplace of our age, it is well to remember that, so long as they are dreams of future possibility, and not faiths in present realities, so long as they are a mere self-painting of the yearning spirit, and not its personal...  A Study of Religion, Its Sources and Contents - Page 12by James Martineau - 1888Full view - About this book
 | James Seth - Ethics - 1894 - 488 pages
...the real, would be the most unsubstantial of all illusions. As Dr Martineau has strikingly said : " Amid all the sickly talk about ' ideals ' which has...possibility, and not faiths in present realities, so long as 1 Ricardou, ' Do 1'Ideal,' 325. 2 ' Popular Works,' i. 346 (Eng. tr.) they are a mere self-painting... | |
 | Sydney Herbert Mellone - Ethics - 1897 - 492 pages
...of understanding our nature and place in the Universe. Dr Martineau has well and truly said that " amid all the sickly talk about Ideals, which has become...dreams of future possibility and not faiths in present Reality, so long as they are a mere self-painting of the yearning spirit, and not its personal surrender... | |
 | Sydney Herbert Mellone - Ethics - 1897 - 498 pages
...of understanding our nature and place in the Universe. Dr Martineau has well and truly said that " amid all the sickly talk about Ideals, which has become...commonplace of our age, it is well to remember that OF IDEALIST ETHICS. 365 so long as they are dreams of future possibility and not faiths in present... | |
 | James Seth - Ethics - 1898 - 512 pages
...the real, would be the most unsubstantial of all illusions. As Dr Martineau has strikingly said : " Amid all the sickly talk about ' ideals ' which has...they are a mere self-painting of the yearning spirit, . . . they have no more solidity or steadiness than floating air-bubbles, gay in the sunshine, and... | |
 | James Drummond, Charles Barnes Upton - 1902 - 542 pages
...present work he again teaches in eloquent and impressive words the same all-important lesson: — " Amid all the sickly talk about ' ideals,' which has...not faiths in present realities, so long as they are mere self-painting of the yearning spirit, and not its personal surrender to immediate communion with... | |
 | Sydney Herbert Mellone - Religious thought - 1902 - 356 pages
...one of his finest passages Dr Martineau has expressed the final meaning of the Symbolist view : — Amid all the sickly talk about Ideals, which has become...dreams of future possibility, and not faiths in present reality, so long as they are a mere self-painting of the yearning spirit, and not its personal surrender... | |
 | Charles Barnes Upton - Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) - 1905 - 292 pages
...present work he again teaches in eloquent and impressive words the same all-important lesson: — " Amid all the sickly talk about ' ideals,' which has...not faiths in present realities, so long as they are mere self-painting of the yearning spirit, and not its personal surrender to immediate communion with... | |
 | Samuel Parkes Cadman - Philosophy, English - 1911 - 308 pages
...grace, of the hatefulness of sin and the terror of its consequences, that made Martineau impatient with the sickly talk about ideals which has become the...future possibility and not faiths in present realities, . . . they have no more solidity or steadiness than floating air-bubbles, gay in the sunshine and broken... | |
 | Richard Wilde Micou - Apologetics - 1916 - 528 pages
...the wind! Martineau may well warn us in noble words of the vanity of trusting to such illusions. " Amid all the sickly talk about ' ideals,' which has...communion with an Infinite Perfection, they have no more solidarity or steadiness than floating air-bubbles, gay in the sunshine, and broken by the passing... | |
 | Sydney Herbert Mellone - Eternity - 1916 - 308 pages
...possible, and sometimes an actual, vision of God. In one of his finest passages, Martineau has said that' amid all the sickly talk about ideals, which has become...dreams of future possibility and not faiths in present reality, so long as they are a mere self-painting of the yearning spirit, and not its personal surrender... | |
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