 All visible things are emblems ; what thou seest is not there on its own account ; strictly taken, is not there at all : Matter exists only spiritually, and to represent some Idea, and body it forth.  The Living Age - Side 5721907Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1888 - 396 sider
...all below is embraced by all above. Nature is the revelation and explanation of the Supreme. " All visible things are emblems. What thou seest is not there on its own account, strictly speaking is not there at all. Matter exists only spiritually, and to represent some idea and body it... | |
 | Henry Drummond - 1888 - 456 sider
...physical world was purely symbolical of the spiritual world.1" And Cfc»-lyle: 1 "Animal Kingdom." " All visible things are emblems. What thou seest is not there on its own account; stric'V speaking is not there at all. Matter exists o' spiritually, and to represent some idea and... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1889 - 330 sider
...SmithyAltar, what vacant, high-sailing air-ships are these, and whither will they sail with us ? ' All visible things are emblems ; what thou seest is '...' Clothes, as despicable as we think them, are so un' speakably significant. Clothes, from the King's 'mantle downwards, are emblematic, not of want... | |
 | Jirah Dewey Buck - 1889 - 330 sider
...underlying the outer form of the sacred text is slowly being apprehended. As Carlisle puts it : "All visible things are emblems. What thou seest is not there on its own account ; strictly speaking is not there at all. Matter exists only spiritually, and to represent some idea and body it... | |
 | Susan Coolidge - 1890 - 382 sider
...JEAN INGELOW. (_rOD is thy refuge even from the wrongs of thine own judgment. GEORGE MACDONALD. ALL visible things are emblems ; what thou seest is not there on its own account ; strictly speaking, it is not there at all. Matter exists only spiritually, and to represent some idea and body... | |
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - 1891 - 542 sider
...get behind phenomena, so as to get a peep at the world beyond. Suppose Carlyle tells us that " All visible things are emblems ; what thou seest is not...on its own account ; strictly taken, is not there [as such] at all ; matter exists only spiritually, and to represent some idea and body it forth." Has... | |
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - 1891 - 544 sider
...phiSomena, so as to get a peep at the world beyond. Suppose Carlyle tells us that " All visible thilp are emblems ; what thou seest is not there on its own account ; strictly taken, is not there [as such] at all ; utetter exists only spiritually, and to represent some idea and body it forth."... | |
 | Edward Caird - 1892 - 314 sider
...despicable, is spirit, the manifestation of spirit ; were it never so honourable, can it be more ? " " All visible things are emblems ; what thou seest is not there on its own account ; strictly taken, it is not there at all. Matter exists only spiritually a1id to represent some idea and body it forth.... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 sider
...recital or performance. fr. Matrimony, the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented. Heine. eat action, which comes out of the heart of nature. . . . tarlyle. Matter, were it never so despicable, is spirit, the manifestation of spirit: were it never... | |
 | John A. Kersey - 1894 - 588 sider
...indicate momentary recurrences of lucid intervals, is, that "All visible things are Emblems." and that "Matter exists only spiritually, and to represent some Idea, and body it forth." And \\ebodies forth the burden of the balance of the book in the mazy metaphor that " * * * in this... | |
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