 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 pagina’s
...reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much: Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd; Created half...hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Go wond'rous creature! mount where science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pagina’s
...little, or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, wondcrous creature ! mount where Science guides... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - 1999 - 253 pagina’s
...prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; . . . Chaos of Thought and Passion all confus'd. Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half...endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world.2 Government under such conditions was pronounced (by James Madison in Federalist No. 51) as... | |
 | Bruno Barnhart - 1999 - 292 pagina’s
...Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Still by himself abused or disabus'd Created half to rise, and half to fall;...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! ' The Pauline expression of this human duality is a moral conflict. So I find it to be a law that when... | |
 | Thorsten Paprotny - 1999 - 254 pagina’s
...little, or too much. Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, ordisabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!" (Alexander Pope, Essay on Man) „Ich glaube der Mensch ist am Ende ein so freies Wesen, daß ihm das... | |
 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - 2000 - 466 pagina’s
...reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! An Essay on Man (1733) 1950: Epistle 2, 53-56. 2 For Forms of Government let fools contest; Whate'er... | |
 | Edward Harrison - 2000 - 586 pagina’s
...little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused: Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Alexander Pope (1688-1744), An Essay on Man 2 "Behold... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2001 - 368 pagina’s
...himself a god or beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Created half to rise, and half to fall, Great lord...error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world. —Alexander Pope, "Essay on Man': CONTENTS Introduction: Blurry Lines and Fuzzy Sets: The Boundary... | |
 | Orson Scott Card - 2001 - 606 pagina’s
...books. It's not as if the boy understood any of what he spouted. Ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM ta DUM ta-DUM. Created half to rise and half to fall; Great lord...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. Just as John was about to cry aloud, about to run... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 776 pagina’s
...beings as suspended between the divine and the animal, a predicament at once laughable and lamentable, Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all. 96 Darwin, by contrast, painted a wholly optimistic, naturalistic and this-worldly picture, grounded... | |
| |
Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! 
