...faculties Which they inherit—cannot step beyond— And cannot fall beneath; that do assign To every class its station and its office, Through all the mighty...things ; Up from the creeping plant to sovereign Man. Such converse, if directed by a meek, Sincere, and humble spirit, teaches love: For knowledge is delight;...

...faculties "Which they inherit, cannot step beyond, And cannot fall beneath ; that do assign To every class its station and its office Through all the mighty...things, Up from the creeping plant to sovereign man. Such converse, if directed by a meek, Sincere, and humble spirit, teaches love ; For knowledge is delight,...

...human nature only, but explores All natures, — to the end that he may find The law that governs each, Through all the mighty commonwealth of things Up from the creeping plant to sovereign man. (Exc. IV.) This is exactly the spirit that animated Darwin, the curiosity that has animated the master...

...existences is one long altar-stair, ascending step by step from the lowest to the highest, " Through the mighty commonwealth of things, Up from the creeping plant to sovereign man1," and higher still through all the infinite gradations of the spiritual world, whose lamp or sun...