 What is the question now placed before society with a glib assurance the most astounding ? The question is this — Is man an ape or an angel ? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels.  Reminiscences of Oxford - Page 316by William Tuckwell - 1908 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1927 - 858 pages
...the Oxford Diocesan Society on November 25, 1864, he had given utterance to this oracular remark : ' The question is this — is man an ape or an angel ? My Lord, I am cm the side of the angels ' ; and subsequently received the somewhat (in this case) doubtful honour... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 652 pages
...before society with the glib assurance which to mo is most astounding ? That question is this — Is a man an ape or an angel? My lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abherrence these new-fangled theories. I believe they are foreign... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - Great Britain - 1879 - 736 pages
...Society (Nov. 25, 1864), the much-vexed question as to the origin of man. " The question is this : Is a man an ape or an angel ? My lord, I am on the side of the angels."— Irving, 532. In " Tancred " the same question is discussed in a similar manner. Talking of " The Revelation... | |
 | Georg Brandes - 1880 - 450 pages
...ridiculous by summing up the scientific discussions of that time as follows: — " The question is — Is man an ape or an angel ? My lord, I am on the side of the angel." It may well be asked whether he really meant this, or whether it was only accepted as the necessary... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - 1880 - 354 pages
...Society (Nov. 25, 1864), the much vexed question as to the origin of man. " The question is this — Is a man an ape or an angel ? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. " — Irving, 685. In " Tancred" the same question is discussed in a similar manner. 'I alkmg of the... | |
 | Georg Brandes - 1880 - 410 pages
...ridiculous by summing up the scientific discussions of that time as follows: — " The question is—-Is man an ape or an angel ? My lord, I am on the side of the angeL" It may well be asked whether he really meant this, or whether it was only accepted as the necessary... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - Great Britain - 1881 - 274 pages
...we are familiar, I am not prepared to say that the lecture-room is more scientific than the church. What is the question now placed before society with...angel ? * " My lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence the contrary view, which is, I believe, foreign to the... | |
 | Cornelius Brown - 1881 - 418 pages
...we are familiar, I am not prepared to say that the lecture-room is more scientific than the church. What is the question now placed before society with...question is this — Is man an ape, or an angel? My Lord Bishop, / am on the side of the angels!' — an allusion and an illustration the amusing aptitude and... | |
 | Religion - 1881 - 552 pages
...are familiar — I am not prepared to say that the lecture-room is more scientific than the Church. What is the question now placed before society with...assurance the most astounding? The question is this : Is a man an ape or an angel ? — I am on the side of the angel. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - Great Britain - 1882 - 662 pages
...we are familiar, I am not prepared to say that the lecture-room is more scientific than the Church. What is the question now placed before society with...ape or an angel ? My lord, I am on the side of the BB 2 angels.1 I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence the contrary view, which is, I believe, foreign... | |
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