 | George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 406 pages
...outrage it, and drive us to unwonted firmness to secure the salvation of this country in the next ages. " The ancients believed in a serene and beautiful Genius...the fortunes of certain chosen houses, weeding out sinful offenders or oti'ending families, and securing at last the firm prosperity of the favorites... | |
 | Concord School of Philosophy - 1885 - 530 pages
...one day open his eyes and sec how dear he ia to the soul of Nature, — how near it is to him ? " " The ancients believed in a serene and beautiful Genius...certain chosen houses, weeding out single offenders or offendin;; families, and securing at last the firm prosperity of the favorites of Heaven. It was too... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1888 - 230 pages
...when, rising above the local and temporary in politics, he deals with the essential and eternal : — " The ancients believed in a serene and beautiful Genius...the fortunes of certain chosen houses, weeding out sinful offenders or offending families, and securing at last the firm prosperity of the favourites... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 674 pages
...outrage it, and drive us to unwonted firmness, to secure the salvation of this country in the next ages. The ancients believed in a serene and beautiful Genius...which ruled in the affairs of nations ; which, with a»slow but stern justice, carried forward the fortunes of certain chosen houses, weeding out single... | |
 | 1914 - 580 pages
...firmness to secure the salvation of this country in the coming years. The ancients (Greeks and Romans i believed in a serene and beautiful genius which ruled...the affairs of nations, which, with a slow but stern jus tice, carried forward the fortunes of chosen houses, weeding out single olfenders or offending... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1926 - 1162 pages
...his country evtn more by his death than all that befell. by his life? Nations, like kings, are not beautiful Genius which ruled in the affairs of nations;...weeding out single offenders or offending families, and secur'ng at last the firm prosperity of the favorites of Heaven. It was too narrow a view of the Eternal... | |
 | 1914 - 612 pages
...firmness to secure the salvation of this country in the coming years. The ancients (Greeks and Romans) believed in a serene and beautiful genius which ruled...but stern justice, carried forward the fortunes of chosen houses, weeding out single offenders or offending families, and securing at last a firm prosperity... | |
 | 1865 - 684 pages
...outrage it, and drive us to unwonted firmness, to secure the salvation of this country in the next ages.' The ancients believed in a serene and beautiful Genius...affairs | of nations ; which, with a slow but stern jus- ! tice, carried forward the fortunes of certain chosen houses, weeding out single offendersor... | |
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... families, and securing at last the firm prosperity of the favorites of heaven. It was too narrow a view of the eternal Nemesis. There is a serene providence which rules the fate of nations... 