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" Why should I wish to see God better than this day ? I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then, In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass... "
The Lord's Prayer: A Vision of To-day, a Series of Essays - Page 22
by Henry Harrison Brown - 1914 - 223 pages
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New Outlook, Volume 122

1919 - 714 pages
...shall be the spread of my own body, or any part of it. ... I hear and behold God in every object. . . . In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass ; I find letters of God dropt in the street — and every one is signed by God's name." The touchstone of Whitman's...
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Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pages
...yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself. Why should I wish to see God better than this day...my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I...
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John Ruskin: His Life and Work, Issue 68

William Smart - 1883 - 124 pages
...continually doing good breathes through the entire Life and Work of John Ruskin. A DISCIPLE OF PLATO Why should I wish to see God better than this day...my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is signed by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I...
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Poet Lore, Volume 17

1906 - 554 pages
...drop in the earth the germs of a greater religion, The following chants each for its kind I sing. ' ' In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every oneissign'd by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I know...
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Liberty in Literature: Testimonial to Walt Whitman

Robert Green Ingersoll - 1891 - 92 pages
...understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself. . . . In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name. The whole visible world is regarded by...
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Favorite Selections of Julia and Annie Thomas

1892 - 230 pages
...yet understand God not in the least; Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself. Why should I wish to see God better than this day!...I find letters from God dropped in the street, and every one is signed by God's name, And I leave them where they are; for I know that wheresoe'er 1 go,...
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Unity Pulpit, Volume 14

1892 - 666 pages
...not half religious enough. Here is one little passage that gives finely his thought about God: — " Why should I wish to see God better than this day ? I see something of God each hour of the twenty four, and each moment then ; In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in...
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Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman - 1897 - 474 pages
...yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself. Why should I wish to see God. better than this day?...my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I...
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Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman - 1898 - 320 pages
...yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself. Why should I wish to see God better than this day...my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I...
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Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman - 1898 - 322 pages
...every object, yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four,...my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I...
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