 The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it.  manual - Page 75by e.r. humphreys, lld - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 648 pages
...Philanthropeia — of all virtues and dignities of the mind the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin." Lord Bacon was right, and, perhaps, unconsciously followed 188 FREEDOM THE DARLING OF HISTORY. a higher... | |
 | 1870 - 684 pages
...all the books contained in the various libraries of Kurope, allowing one minute for each title. THH desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall...knowledge in excess caused man to fall ; but in charity there is no excess, neither can angels nor man come in danger by it. — Bacon. PKOF. Henry Reed most... | |
 | 1875 - 1042 pages
...This, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin." Lord Bacon was right. Confessing the attractions of scholarship, awed by the majesty of the law, fascinated... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1875 - 474 pages
....... of all virtues and dignities of the mind the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin." * Lord Bacon was right, and perhaps unconsciously followed a higher authority ; for, when Moses asked... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...This, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing,...knowledge in excess caused man. to fall ; but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it. The inclination to goodness is imprinted... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...This, of all virtues and dignities of mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing,...vermin. Goodness answers to the theological virtue charily, and admits no excess but error. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...dignities of the mind, Goodness, he admits, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin. But, on the other hand, extreme lovers of their country or masters were never fortunate, neither can... | |
 | Maxims - 1876 - 340 pages
...nature is of all virtues and dignities of the mind the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin. He that becomes acquainted and is invested with authority and influence will in a short time be convinced... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 320 pages
...Itase : Compare Essay xiii. 1. 7, ' Without it ' (ie goodness, which is the character of the Deity) ' man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.' P. 57. [92] Cicero. De Haruspicum Responsis, ix. : ' Rale ourselves as highly as we may, Conscript... | |
 | Thomas Barber (rector of Elmsett.) - 1876 - 284 pages
...(of Amalek.) " His latter end shall be that he perish for ever." Lord Bacon says, " Without goodness man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin." Tt is asserted in the Scripture that the tribes which the Israelites were ordered to dispossess, were... | |
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