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" His past selves are living in him at this moment with the accumulated life of centuries. 'Do this, this, this, which we too have done, and found our profit in it,' cry the souls of his forefathers within him. Faint are the far ones, coming and going as... "
The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler: Life and habit - Page 43
by Samuel Butler - 1923
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Nature, Volume 23

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - 770 pages
...Life and Habit ' which I can date with certainty is one on p. 52, which ran as follows : . . . ' " Do this, this, this, which we too have done, and found...clear are the near ones, urgent as an alarm of fire.' This was written a few days after my arrival in Canada, June 1874. I was on Montreal Mountain for the...
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Unconscious Memory

Samuel Butler - 1880 - 338 pages
...his command. His past selves are living in him at this moment with the accumulated life of centuries. 'Do this, this, this, which we too have done, and...his forefathers within him. Faint are the far ones, corning and going as the sound of bells wafted on to a high mountain ; loud and clear are the near...
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Nature, Volume 23

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - 656 pages
...Life and Habit ' which I can date with certainty is one on p. 52, which ran as follows : . . . ' " Do this, this, this, which we too have done, and found...clear are the near ones, urgent as an alarm of fire.' This was written a few days after my arrival in Canada, June 1874. I was on Montreal Mountain for the...
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The Scientific Obstacles to Christian Belief. Boyle Lectures, 1884

George Herbert Curteis - 1885 - 216 pages
...living in him at this moment, with the accumulated life of centuries. ' Do this, this, this, which we have done and found our profit in it,' cry the souls...the far ones, coming and going as the sound of bells : loud and clear are the near ones. . . . Our own experience indeed ! " — (Samuel Butler, Life and...
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The Scientific Obstacles to Christian Belief. Boyle Lectures, 1884

George Herbert Curteis - 1885 - 216 pages
...living in him at this moment, with the accumulated life of centuries. ' Do this, this, this, which we have done and found our profit in it,' cry the souls...the far ones, coming and going as the sound of bells : loud and clear are the near ones. . . . Our own experience indeed ! " — (Samuel Butler, Life and...
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Unconscious Memory: A Comparison Between the Theory of Dr. Ewald Hering and ...

Samuel Butler - 1890 - 304 pages
...his command. His past selves are living in him at this moment with the accumulated life of centuries. 'Do this, this, this, which we too have done, and...clear are the near ones, urgent as an alarm of fire." This was written a few days after my arrival in Canada, June 1874. I was on Montreal mountain for the...
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Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon (1835-1902): A Memoir, Volume 1

Henry Festing Jones - 1919 - 540 pages
...command.1 His past selves are living in him at this moment with the accumulated life of centuries. ' Do this, this, this, which we, too, have done and...ones, coming and going as the sound of bells wafted to a high mountain ; loud and clear are the near ones, urgent as an alarm of fire." This was written...
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Englische Prosa von 1880 bis zur Gegenwart

Bernhard Fehr - 1927 - 254 pages
...his command. His past selves are living in him at this moment with the accumulated life of centuries. "Do this, this, this, which we too have done, and...and clear are the near ones, urgent as an alarm of fire.1) "Withhold," cry some. "Go on boldly," cry others. "Me, me, me, revert hitherward, my descendant,"...
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Further Extracts from the Note-books of Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler - 1934 - 428 pages
...his command. His past selves are living in him at this moment with the accumulated life of centuries. 'Do this, this, this, which we, too, have done and found our profit in,' cry the souls of his forefathers within him. Faint are the far ones, coming and going as the sound...
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Prefiguring Cyberculture: An Intellectual History

Darren Tofts, Annemarie Jonson, Alessio Cavallaro - 2002 - 346 pages
...gratify them ... His past selves are living in him at this moment with the accumulated life of centuries. 'Do this, this, this, which we, too, have done and...in it,' cry the souls of his forefathers within him (Jones, I, 212-213). Though his theory frightened him - "it is so far-reaching and subversive it oppresses...
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