 | 1843 - 750 páginas
...escape consideration, amid the wealth of eloquence that goes before and after. Thus he writes — " Of a man or of a nation we inquire, therefore, first of all, what religion they (sic) had? Was it heathenism, plurality of gods, more sensuous representation of this mystery of life,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 páginas
...not exhaust my 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 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 professes,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1841 - 408 páginas
...not exhaust my 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 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 professes,... | |
 | 1841 - 832 páginas
...principle of our nature is imagined to lie, even by the most orthodox. Here is his idea of religion — 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 churchcreed which he professes,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1841 - 836 páginas
...that is, you tell me to a very great extent what the man is, what the kind of things he will do is. Of a man or of a nation we inquire, therefore, first of all, What religion they had i Was it Heathenism, — plurality of gods, mere sensuous representation of this Mystery of Life, and... | |
 | 1849 - 600 páginas
...place assigned by Mr. Carlyle to the religious element in man is stated in the following passage : " 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 professes,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1849 - 260 páginas
...not exhaust my 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 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 professes,... | |
 | 1849 - 602 páginas
...place assigned by Mr. Carlyle to the religious element in man is stated in the following passage : 11 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 professes,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 412 páginas
...not exhaust my 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 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 professes,... | |
 | 1867 - 972 páginas
...lectures, from which we can only give a few extracts. In his first lecture, on " The Hero as Divinity," he says, — " It is well said, in every sense, that...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 professes,... | |
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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 professes, the articles of faith which he will sign and, in words or otherwise,... 
