 | John Fiske - 1884 - 142 pages
...the value which Nature sets upon the perishable forms of matter ! The question, then, is reduced to this : are Man's highest spiritual qualities, into...ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades ? Are we to regard the Creator's work as like that of a child, who builds houses out of blocks, just... | |
 | Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton - 1888 - 232 pages
...mighty goal, the evolution of the most exalted spiritual qualities which characterize humanity. . . . Are Man's highest spiritual qualities, into the production...ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades? Are we to regard the Creator's work as like that of a child, who builds houses out of blocks, just... | |
 | James Martineau - 1888 - 416 pages
...mighty goal, the evolution of the most exalted spiritual qualities which characterize humanity.' ' Has all this work been done for nothing ? Is it all...ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades? On such a view, the riddle of the universe becomes a riddle without a meaning.' 'The more thoroughly... | |
 | James Martineau - 1888 - 468 pages
...mighty goal, the evolution of the most exalted spiritual qualities which characterize humanity.' ' Has all this work been done for nothing ? Is it all...ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades ? On such a view, the riddle of the universe becomes a riddle without a meaning.' 'The more thoroughly... | |
 | Washington Gladden - 1891 - 266 pages
...fashioned here. Let Mr. Fiske sum up the argument : " The question, then, is reduced to this : Are man's spiritual qualities, into the production of which...rest ? Has all this work been done for nothing ? Is "Destiny of Man," p. 67. ifc all ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades? Are we to... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1892 - 976 pages
...evolution of the most exalted spiritual qualities which characterize humanity. Has all this work been for nothing ? Is it all ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades ? On such a view the riddle of the universe becomes a riddle without a meaning. The more thoroughly... | |
 | Alexander Richard Eagar - 1893 - 234 pages
...organisms are broken up and destroyed, and then continues : — " The question, then, is reduced to this : are Man's highest spiritual qualities, into...creative energy has gone, to disappear with the rest ? . . . For aught that science can tell us, it may be so, but I can see no good reason for believing... | |
 | Henry Reuben Rose - 1894 - 262 pages
...evolution of the most exalted spiritual qualities which characterize humanity. Has all this work been for nothing? Is it all ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades? On such a view the riddle of the universe becomes a riddle without a meaning. The more thoroughly we... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1896 - 484 pages
...the value which Nature sets upon the perishable forms of matter! The question, then, is reduced to this: Are Man's highest spiritual qualities, into...ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades? Are we to regard the Creator's work as like that of a child, who builds houses out of blocks, just... | |
 | Henry Jackson Van Dyke - 1896 - 514 pages
...the value which Nature sets upon the perishable forms of matter! The question, then, is reduced to this: Are Man's highest spiritual qualities, into...ephemeral, all a bubble that bursts, a vision that fades? Are we to regard the Creator's work as like that of a child, who builds houses out of blocks, just... | |
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The question, then, is reduced to this: Are Man's highest spiritual qualities, into the production of which all this creative energy has gone, to disappear with the rest? Has all this work been done for nothing? Is it all ephemeral, all a bubble that... 
