 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
 | Robert Dale Owen - 1860 - 564 pages
...of the mind and intellect in others, — nor genius, nor power, nor wit, nor fancy ; but if I eould choose what would be most delightful and, I believe,...existence, the most gorgeous of all lights; awakens life in death, and calls out from corruption and decay beauty and everlasting glory." — SIR HUMPHRY DAVY.... | |
 | Robert Dale Owen - Apparitions - 1860 - 424 pages
...intellect in others — nor genius, nor power, nor wit, nor fancy ; but if I could choose what would he most delightful and, I believe, most useful to me,...existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life in death, and calls out from corruption and decay beauty and everlasting glory." — SIR HUMPHRY DAVY.... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling, Henry Lunettes - Etiquette - 1860 - 496 pages
...envy no quality of mind or intellect in others — not of genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I...it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hope, when earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay, the destruction, of existence, the most... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 pages
...others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and 1 believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing." One great characteristic of Davy's constitution, was a genial enjoyment of life. Wherever we discover... | |
 | Frederick Adolphus Packard - Christian life - 1861 - 382 pages
...no qualities of the mind or intellect in others, — nor genius nor power, wit nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful and, I...creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and thrives over the decay, the destruction of existence ; it is the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens... | |
 | Cosmos - 1861 - 376 pages
...momentous consequences to all the chief personages of this tala CHAPTEE THE FOURTH. " If I could chuse what would be most delightful, and I believe most...goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity." — SIR HUMPHREY... | |
 | John Timbs - Death - 1861 - 340 pages
...prefer a firm religious belief to everr other blessing. For it makes life a discipline Weak Belief. 97 of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes...existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life in death, and calls out from corruption and decay beauty and everlasting glory. Twenty years ago, it... | |
 | John Timbs - Death - 1861 - 302 pages
...intellect in others — nor genius, nor power, nor wit, nor fancy : but if I could choose what would be the most delightful and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to everv other blessing. For it makes life a discipline Weak Belief. 97 of goodness, creates new hopes... | |
 | Fifty celebrated men - Biography - 1862 - 354 pages
...I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...over the decay, the destruction of existence, the moat gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty... | |
 | Education - 1862 - 418 pages
...FAITH.—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...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,... | |
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