 | Arnold Tompkins - English language - 1897 - 376 pages
...this figure freely and with good effect, into the full grammatical form, and note the loss : — " It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion...nation of men's. By religion I do not mean here the church creed which he professes, the articles of faith which he will sign, and in words or otherwise... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Heroes - 1897 - 502 pages
...not exhaust tny subject, but so much as break ground on it! At all events, I must make the attempt. It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the •,hief fact with regard to him. A man's, or a nation of men's. By religion I do not mean here the... | |
 | John Clifford - Christian biography - 1898 - 304 pages
...idea with ineffable scorn. " In every sense," he says, with accumulated emphasis, "in every sense, a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. A man's or a nation's. By religion I do not mean the church-creed which he professes, the articles of faith which... | |
 | Edwin Williams - Bible - 1899 - 264 pages
...difficult task. It was no less than the correction of the popular conception of God and religion. " A man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. A man's, or a nation of men's. . . . The thoughts they had were the parents of the actions they did ; their feelings were parents... | |
 | Edward Howard Griggs - Social sciences - 1899 - 250 pages
...force behind action, even when there is a failure to realize it in conduct. Carlyle was right in saying that "A man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him:" but only if the religion be interpreted to mean, not only the fundamental belief, but the emotional... | |
 | James Mollison Milne - English language - 1900 - 400 pages
...with the highest laws. — Giles. 8. Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror. — Hawthorne. 9. It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. — Carlyle. 10. Cheerfulness, the character of common hope, is, in strong hope, like glances of sunshine... | |
 | Lewis Barnett Fretz - American literature - 1901 - 184 pages
...Religion is a code of discipline; christianity is a system of regeneration. Carlyle fittingly remarks, "It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him." The highest purposes of religion is the revelation of truth — the fundamental doctrine of christianity.... | |
 | William Daniel Grant - Christianity - 1902 - 670 pages
...Deputies. "The North American Review," June, 1901. — BD.] THOMAS CARLYLB, in his "Heroes," has said : "A man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him — a man's or a nation of men's. . . If you tell me what that is, you tell me to a great extent what the man is, what the kind of things... | |
 | William Daniel Grant - Christianity - 1902 - 662 pages
...Deputies. "The North American Review," June, 1901.— ED.] THOM.AS CARLYLE, in his "Heroes," has said : "A man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him — a man's or a nation of men's. . . If you tell me what that is, you tell me to a great extent what the man is, what the kind of things... | |
 | Music - 1902 - 1016 pages
...principio): « By religion I do not roean bere thè church-creed which a rnan professes, thè articles pf faith which he will sign and, in words or otherwise, assert ; not this wholly, in many casca not this at ali... Bat thè thing a man does practically belicve (and this isoften enongh without... | |
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It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him. A man's, or a nation of men's. By religion I do not mean here the church-creed which he 25 professes, the articles of faith which he will sign and, in words or... 
