The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are nentralized by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movement of future ages. History of Civilization in England - Seite 161von Henry Thomas Buckle - 1866Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...an 1 flow of history— the perpetual flux to which, by the laws of our nature, we are subject Above all this there is a far higher movement ; and as the...tide rolls on. now advancing, now receding, there is amidst its ennless fluctuations one thing, and one alone, which endure* for ever. The actions of bad... | |
| Henry Thomas Buckle - 1857 - 882 Seiten
...ebb and flow of history, the perpetual flux to which by the laws of our nature we are subject. Above all this, there is a far higher movement ; and as...thing, and one alone, which endures for ever. The^ actiojns i of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary finr>t\ •... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1858 - 512 Seiten
...ebb and flow of history, the perpetual flux to which by the laws of our nature we are subject. Above all this, there is a far higher movement ; and as...eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are neutralised by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movement of future ages. But the discoveries... | |
| 1858 - 528 Seiten
...ebb and flow of history, the perpetual flux to which by the laws of our nature we are subject. Above all this, there is a far higher movement ; and as...eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are neutralised by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movement of future ages. But the discoveries... | |
| Henry Thomas Buckle - 1858 - 894 Seiten
...ebb and flow of history, the perpetual flux to which by the laws of our nature we are subject. Above all this, there is a far higher movement ; and as...eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are nentralized by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movement of future ages. But the discoveries... | |
| 1858 - 456 Seiten
...ebb and flow of history, the perpetual flux to which by the laws of our nature we are subject. Above all this, there is a far higher movement ; and as...temporary good ; and eventually the good and the evil together subside, are neutralised by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movement of... | |
| 1858 - 516 Seiten
...ebb and flow of history, the perpetual flux to which by the laws of our nature we are subject. Above all this, there is a far higher movement ; and as...men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good meu only temporary good ; and eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are neutralised... | |
| 1858 - 796 Seiten
...there is a far higher movement; and as the tii'e rolls on, now advancing, now receding, there ie amidst its endless fluctuations one thing, and one alone,...eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are neutralised by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movement of future ages. But the discoveries... | |
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...teaching may be seen in the following extract, which closes the fourth chapter of this work : — " The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good mou ouly temporary good ; and eventually the good and evil altogcther subside, are neutralized by subsequent... | |
| William Gresley - 1861 - 422 Seiten
...the following extract : — •" The actions of bad men produce only i p. 163. ! P. 208. 3 P. 166. temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good and evil altogether subside, are neutralized by successive generations, absorbed by the incessant movement... | |
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