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" The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat ; if not, I would very fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast. He hath only some activity to do some more mischief. "
The Works of Lord Morley ... - Page 367
by John Morley - 1921
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Speeches, 1644-1658

Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1901 - 520 pages
...will bless you. You will be a blessing to the nation, and by this be more repairers of breaches than anything in the world. Truly these things do respect...not, I would very fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast. He hath only some activity to do some more mischief. There are some things...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 13

Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee - Great Britain - 1888 - 476 pages
...manners. ' Make it a shame to see men bold in sin and profaneness,' he said to his second parliament. ' These things do respect the souls of men, and the...not, I would very fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast. He hath only some activity to do more mischief ' if (Speech v.) Ordinances...
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Oliver Cromwell

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1901 - 380 pages
...than by anything in the world. Truly these things do respect the souls of men, and the spirits—which are the men. The mind is the man. If that be kept...not, I would very fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast He hath only some activity to do some more mischief." It was the voice of the...
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The Strength of the People: A Study in Social Economics

Helen Bosanquet - Great Britain - 1902 - 414 pages
...Relation between Poverty and Character — Impossibility of controlling "circumstance" from without " IF it lives in us, I say, if it be in the general...what difference there is between him and a beast" (Cromwell, Morley's Life, p. 417). In all considerations of social work and social problems there is...
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The Strength of the People: A Study in Social Economics

Helen Dendy Bosanquet - Great Britain - 1902 - 376 pages
...future, and by memory and foresight he guides his present action. In so far as this is not the case we " would very fain see what difference there is between him and a beast." INTERESTS. — " He who lets the world, or his portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has...
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Protestant Missions: Their Rise and Early Progress

Augustus Charles Thompson - Missionaries - 1903 - 334 pages
...Parliament he announced a sentiment than which none more just was ever listened to by legislators : " The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat ; if not, I would fain see what difference there is 'twixt him and a beast." For a century the struggle went on ; slowly...
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The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Volume 2

Oliver Cromwell, Charles Harding Firth - Great Britain - 1904 - 580 pages
...God will bless you. You will be a blessing to the Nation ; and by this, ' will ' be more repairers of breaches than ' by ' anything in the world. Truly...not, I would very fain . see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast. He hath only some activity to do some more mischief. [A real "Head of the...
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Views of Religion, Part 1

Agnosticism - 1906 - 810 pages
...Dowager, believe that Confucian civilization is superior to Christian civilization. OLIVER CROMWELL. The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies...if not, I would very fain see what difference there be between him and a beast. BURNS. But I gae mad at their (clergy) grimaces, Their sighin', cantin,...
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Famous Speeches

Herbert Woodfield Paul - Great Britain - 1911 - 478 pages
...and God 'will bless you. You will be a blessing to the Nation ; and by this, will be more repairers of breaches than by anything in the world. Truly these...not I would very fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast. He hath only some activity to do some more mischief. There are some things...
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Journal of Applied Sociology, Volumes 6-7

Social problems - 1921 - 582 pages
...face poverty and contumely and the scaffold. Truly, exclaimed old Cromwell to his second parliament, "The mind is the man ! If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat; if not, I would fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast. He hath only some activity to do some more...
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