 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 468 pagina’s
...closed, and man's destinies are fulfilled in this earth. ' It is a height to which the human species were fated and enabled to attain ; and from which, having once attained it, they can never retrograde.' These things, which it were far out of our place to attempt adequately elucidating here, must not be... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pagina’s
...and man's destinies are fulfilled in this earth. ' It is a height to which the human species were ' fated and enabled to attain ; and from which, having ' once attained it, they can never retrograde.' These things, which it were far out of our place to attempt adequately elucidating here, must not be... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pagina’s
...closed, and man's destinies are fulfilled in this earth. It is a height to which the human species were fated and enabled to attain ; and 'from which, having once attained it, they can never retrograde. — CARLYLE. MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS. EXECUTION OF THE EARL OF ARGYLE. (The following is from Fox's... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pagina’s
...closed, and man's destinies are fulfilled in this earth. " It is a height to which the human species were fated and enabled to attain; and from which, having once attained it, they can never retrograde." These things, which it were far ont of our place to attempt adequately elucidating here, must not be... | |
 | 1853 - 688 pagina’s
...closed, and man's destinies are fulfilled in this earth. It is a height to which the human species were l he not quench ; he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail, nor be discouraged In an introductory chapter, Mr Carlyle explains why he writes a Life of Sterling, when that was so... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 pagina’s
...closed, and man's destinies are fulfilled in this earth. " It is a height to which the human species were and Co. These things, which it were far out of our place to attempt adequately elucidating here, must not be... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 502 pagina’s
...closed, and man's destinies are fulfilled in this earth. 'It is a height to which the 'human species were fated and enabled to attain; and ' from which, having once attained it, they can never retro' grade.' These things, which it were far out of our place to attempt adequately elucidating here,... | |
 | 1866 - 490 pagina’s
...— and that is very true, even to the letter, as I consider — a height to which the human epeeies was fated and enabled to attain, and from which, having once attained it, it can never retrograde. It cannot descend down be'ow that permanently. Goethe's idea is. Often one... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1866 - 112 pagina’s
...— and that is very true, even to the letter, as I consider — a height to which the human species was fated and enabled to attain, and from which, having once attained it, it can never retrograde. It cannot descend down below that permanently, Goethe's idea is. Often one... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 256 pagina’s
...— and that is very true, even to the letter, as I consider — a height to which the human species was fated and enabled to attain, and from which, having once attained it, it can never retrograde. It cannot descend down below that permanently, Goethe's idea is. Often one... | |
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... all but obliterate it in the hearts of most; yet in every pure soul, in every Poet and Wise Man, it finds a new Missionary, a new Martyr, till the great volume of Universal History is finally closed, and man's destinies are fulfilled in this earth.... 
