 | John Morley - 1921 - 482 pages
...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 pure, a man signifies...not, I would very fain see what difference there is between him and a beast." In the mighty task that was laid upon them, it was no neutral or Laodicean... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Harold Begbie - Civilization - 1923 - 264 pages
...Cromwell explains the secret of his greatness in the noble address he made to the Parliament of 1656: "The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man...signifies somewhat; if not, I would very fain see what 1Likewise he protected Oxford and Cambridge against the intolerant zeal and aesthetic ignorance of... | |
 | Sir Charles Edward Mallet - 1924 - 574 pages
...readily as in Plantagenet or Tudor times. " The mind is the man," the new ruler told his followers. " If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat ; if...what difference there is betwixt him and a beast." In February 1654 His Highness summoned Goodwin, the President of Magdalen, to London, and it may be... | |
 | Social problems - 1921 - 204 pages
...contumely and the scaffold. Truly, exclai^^ ij Cromwell to his second parliament, "The mind is the m*u t 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... | |
 | Antonia Fraser - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 796 pages
...nation depend upon reformation, to make it a shame to see men to be held in sin and profaneness . . . The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies...what difference there is betwixt him and a beast." And so on and so forth, a speech undoubtedly turgid in parts yet providing some valuable glimpses of... | |
 | Barry Coward - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 260 pages
...things do respect the souls of men, and the spirit, which are the man. The mind is the man. If this be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat; if not I would very fain to see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast.18 As has been seen, this sentiment did not... | |
 | Ingrid Sharp, Jane Jordan - Prostitution - 2002 - 388 pages
...anything in the world. Truly these iriifw da mm the souls of men. and the spiriti-which orr the men. The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies...not, I would very fain see what difference there is between him and a beast; he hath only some activity to do more mischief. There is a general grievance... | |
 | Melvin Jonah Lasky - Political Science - 752 pages
...mind is the man," he had declared in his impressive opening speech to Parliament in September 1656: "If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat; if...only some activity to do some more mischief." But weren't the saints being beastly, or at least mischievous, when from a dozen pulpits and pamphlets... | |
 | Cicely Veronica Wedgwood - Great Britain - 1939 - 116 pages
...march of God's own providence. But it also suggests a great quality. He believed in the seeking mind. ' The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat.' He believed that it was man's own business to keep the mind free. He held that it was 'an unjust and... | |
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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. 
