 | 1862 - 308 trang
...is ethical. Mr. Proude has stated it in language which can not be changed except for the worse : " One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat...distinctness : that the world is built somehow on a moral foundation ; that, in the long run, it is well with the good, and in the long run it is ill... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1868 - 458 trang
...growing enthusiastic about the spirit of past ages ; ' my friend, the times which are gone are abookwith seven seals; and what you call the spirit of past...wicked. But this is no science ; it is no more than the oil doctrine taught long ago by the Hebrew prophets. The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 408 trang
...great nations owe their prosperity. — Buckle, HUMAN INTEREST IN HISTORY. — ITS MORAL ELEMENTS. One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat...The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If men are not entirely animals,... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 416 trang
...great nations owe their prosperity. — Buckle. HUMAN INTEREST IN HISTORY. — ITS MORAL ELEMENTS. One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat...The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If men are not entirely animals,... | |
 | 1872 - 620 trang
...call the spirit of past ages is but the spirit of this or that worthy gentleman in whose mind these ages are reflected. " One lesson, and only one, history...taught long ago by the Hebrew prophets. The theories M. Comte and his disciples advance are, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground.... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1873 - 540 trang
...and will provide you with abundant illustrations of any thing which you may wish to believe. " What is history," said Napoleon, " but a fiction agreed...long ago by the Hebrew prophets. The theories of M. Gomte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1873 - 686 trang
...the spirit of past ages ; ' my friend, ^ times which are gone are a book with seven seals; ^j ^rtat you call the spirit of past ages is but the spirit...The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If men are not entirely animals,... | |
 | H. R. Huckin - 1873 - 690 trang
...history. There we find that " perhaps the one and only scientific conclusion which can be drawn is, that in the long run it is well with the good, in the long run it is ill with the bad." That is, the natural government over man points to such a law as religion states to be the principle... | |
 | William Guest - 1878 - 178 trang
...ambiguity. There is no possibility of diverse theories here, and that lesson is, that the world is built on moral foundations, that in the long run it is well with the good, and in the long run it is ill with the wicked ; and that one lesson is the old doctrine taught long... | |
 | Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 350 trang
...and will provide you with abundant illustrations of any thing which you may wish to believe. " What is history," said Napoleon, " but a fiction agreed...The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If men are not entirely animals,... | |
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One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat with distinctness: that the world is built somehow on moral foundations; that, in the long run, it is well with the good; in the long run, it is ill with the wicked. 
