 I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing...  The London Quarterly Review - Page 5231828Full view - About this book
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...mind, or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy; but if I could choose what would bo most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to any other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1855 - 1198 pages
...envy no qualities of the mind or intellect in others, nor genius, nor power, wit or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of lights ; awakens life in death ; and calls out from corruption and decay, beauty and everlasting glory."... | |
 | George Wood - German American literature - 1848 - 508 pages
...or intellect in others — not genius, power, wit, or * Las Casas, vol. in. p. 201. fancy; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I...religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes a disciple of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over decay, the... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pages
..."I ENVY no quality of the mind or intellect in others, be it genins, power, wit, or fancy; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...religious belief to every other blessing, for it makes me a disciple of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay,... | |
 | William Francis Lynch - Discoveries in geography - 1849 - 634 pages
...firm religious belief to any other blessing ; for it makes discipline of good, creates new hopes when earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay, the...existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life in death, and, from corruption and decay, calls up beauty and divinity ; makes an instrument of misfortune... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 612 pages
...I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a ßrm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness ; creates... | |
 | William Francis Lynch - America - 1849 - 1628 pages
...— " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect of others, — not genius, wit, nor fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I prefer a firm religious belief to any other blessing ; for it makes discipline of good, creates new... | |
 | William Francis Lynch - History - 1849 - 592 pages
...it: — "I envy no quality of the mind or intellect of others,—not genius, wit, nor fancy; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I prefer a firm religious belief to any other blessing; for it makes discipline of good, creates new... | |
 | Churches of Christ - 1850 - 590 pages
...RELIGION. — If I could choose what of all things would be at the same time the most delightful and useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing — for this makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes when all earthly ones vanish — throws... | |
 | James Hamilton - Bible - 1852 - 393 pages
...us : "I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others,—not genius, power, wit, or fancy; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, calling up the most delightful visions, where the sensualist and skeptic view only gloom, decay, and... | |
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