...no slight hesitation in adopting his often quoted opinion : — " You tell me, doubt is devil-born. I know not ; one, indeed, I knew, In many a subtle question versed, Who touched a jarring lyre at first, But ever strove to make it true : Perplext in faith, but pure in deeds,...

...conclusions, dreading to face the consequences of doubt, will speak thus harshly and unworthily of it. There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me...than in half the creeds : He fought his doubts and gathered strength ; He would not make his judgment blind; He faced the spectres of the mind, And laid...

...because they have the sanction of impulse." These creed-haters will tell you plausibly enough that 1 ' There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds " : but you must beware lest, before you know it, their song have become " For God is not censorious...

...conclusions dreading to face the consequences of doubt, will speak thus harshly and unworthily of it. There lives more faith in honest doubt. Believe me, than in half the creeds : * ERNEST RENAN : Essai$ de Morale, p. 138. He fought his doubts and gathered strength; He would not...

...number of the Guardian observed that Tennyson never wrote such " nonsense" as the following : — " There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds." I can only assure that uninformed critic that Tennyson not only wrote these " nonsensical" lines in...

...subtile question versed, Who touched a jarring lyre at first, But ever strove to make it true. Perplexed in faith, but pure in deeds, At last he beat his music...than in half the creeds. He fought his doubts and gathered strength ; lie would not make his judgment blind ; lie faced the spectres of the mind, And...

...absolute impartiality ! English scepticism in our time is mostly of that sort of which it may be said — There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. 25 It is honest, serious, and arises in most cases from the sincere interest taken in the subject....

...from which the two lines in the text are taken will bear quoting : "You tell me doubt is devil-born. I know not; one indeed I knew In many a subtle question versed, Who touched a jarring lyre at first, But ever strove to make it true: Perplext in faith, but not in deeds,...

..." In Memoriam," where the poet, speaking of one " perplext in faith but pure in deeds," says — " There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds." The fretted shade of ancient trees lies on the mossy roof, and over the winding lane up to the village,...

...ego prata pererro, Tu per inexpertos ire videris agros.' We give also part of No. xcv. p. 143 :— ' Perplext in faith, but pure in deeds, At last he beat...honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. And dwells not in the light alone, 'He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his...