 I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness ; and although from henceforth the precept to 'work while it is day...  The Monist - Page 388edited by - 1895Full view - About this book
 | George John Romanes - 1895 - 216 pages
...matter into an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of..."new faith" is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of "the old," I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe... | |
 | George John Romanes, Ethel Duncan Romanes - 1896 - 386 pages
...republished in a book called ' Mind and Motion.' • And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of...new faith ' is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of ' the old,' 1 am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe... | |
 | 1897 - 586 pages
...fairness of the author's spirit was one of its strongest points. Let me quote from his own words : "I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual...universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness ; and altho from henceforth the precept to 'work while it is day' will doubtless but gain an intensified... | |
 | Edward Hartley Dewart - 1898 - 208 pages
...lively perception than myself of the possibly disastrous tendency of my work." He frankly declares : " I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual...the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness." In his Rede lecture of 1885 on " Mind and Motion " there are signs of a change of standpoint. He severely... | |
 | Eugene Russell Hendrix - 1903 - 298 pages
...dark chasm and recovered his faith in Christ. Professor Romanes, after a similar experience, said : "I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual...the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness. . . . When at times I think, as think I must, of the appalling contrast between the hallowed glory... | |
 | Hugh Black - 1904 - 364 pages
...does not hide the poverty of the new position. " And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of...precept ' to work while it is day' will doubtless gain an intensified force from the terribly intensified meaning of the words that ' the night cometh... | |
 | Helen Mathers - 1905 - 374 pages
...rise again.' Romanes' confession is significant. " ' For as much as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of...new faith" is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of " the old," I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God, the universe... | |
 | George Burman Foster - 1906 - 544 pages
...matter into an attitude of the purest skepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of...the precept to 'work while it is day' will doubtless bnt gain an intensified force from the terribly intensified meaning of the words that 'the night cometh... | |
 | George Burman Foster - 1906 - 544 pages
...matter into an attitude of the purest skepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of...ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of Ood the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness ; and although from henceforth the precept to... | |
 | Alfred William Benn - 1906 - 560 pages
...affirm that the twilight doctrine of the " new faith" is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of " the old," I am not ashamed to confess that with...to me has lost its soul of loveliness ; . . . and when I think at times ... of the appalling contrast between the hallowed glory of that creed which... | |
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