Would the moral code stand Unshaken, and with it the reverence for law, the sense of duty towards the community, and even towards the generations yet to come ? Would men say " Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die " ? Or would custom, and sympathy,... The Church and the Changing Order - Page 155by Shailer Mathews - 1907 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
| Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1891 - 1050 pages
...duty towards the community, and even towards the generations yet to come ? Would men say, ' Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die ' ? Or would custom, and sympathy, and a perception of the advantnges which stable government offers to the citizens as a whole, and which orderly self-restraint... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1889 - 768 pages
...of duty towards the community, and even towards the generations yet to come 1 Would men say " Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die " ? Or would custom,...offers to each one, replace supernatural sanctions CHAP, civ INFLUENCE OF RELIGION 583 and hold in check the violence of masses and the self-indulgent... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1891 - 776 pages
...of duty towards the community, and even towards the generations yet to come ? Would men say " Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die " ? Or would custom,...and the self-indulgent impulses of the individual 1 History, if she cannot' give a complete answer to this question, tells us that hitherto civilized... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1894 - 924 pages
...of duty towards the community, and even towards the generations yet to come ? Would men say " Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die " ? Or would custom,...whole, and which orderly self-restraint offers to each cue, replace supernatural sanctions, and hold in check the violence of masses and the self-indulgent... | |
| William Daniel Grant - 1902 - 670 pages
...of duty toward the community and even toward the generations yet to come ? Would men say : 'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die' ? Or would custom...violence of masses and the self-indulgent impulses of the individuals?" These are the questions that the next three-quarters of a century will have to answer.... | |
| William Daniel Grant - 1902 - 662 pages
...sense of duty toward the community and even toward the generations yet to come? Would men say: 'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die' ? Or would custom...violence of masses and the self-indulgent impulses of the individuals?" These are the questions that the next three-quarters of a century will have to answer.... | |
| 1911 - 276 pages
...duty toward the community and toward the generations yet to come, remain; or would men say, 'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die;' or would custom...and the self-indulgent impulses of the individual ? The most history can say is that hitherto civilized society has rested on religion for these sanctions... | |
| Lyman Abbott - 1911 - 256 pages
...of duty towards the community, and even towards the generations yet to come? Would men say, 'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die'? Or would custom,...and the self-indulgent impulses of the individual?" Mr. Bryce does not directly answer this question, though the reader can hardly doubt what answer he... | |
| Viscount James Bryce - 2007 - 297 pages
...of duty towards the community, and even towards the generations yet to come ? Would men say " Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die " ? Or would custom,...self-indulgent impulses of the individual ? History, if she eannot give a complete answer to this question, tells us that hitherto civilized society has rested... | |
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