...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! Later in the decade, comes Sir Henry Wotton. It will be seen that I have arranged my singers with...

...Light which will show it where it can get strength — even by means of this very weakness. " Unless above himself he can erect himself, How poor a thing is man ! " •OBSERVATION DEVELOPED IN SOCIAL CULTURE. ATTENTION to others being an essential point in good...

...vitality, this was perhaps greater than sweeping over glad blue waters or inditing immortal novels. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man. Unless above himself, how poor a thing; yet, if beyond and outside of his world, how useless and purposeless...

...virtues ; and a poet of our own day, reasoning on purely natural principles, says, or sings, — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself,— how poor a thing is man ! " Fearing, then, we may almost suppose, that Christians might learn to be temperate and patient rather...

...every political move : whilst we bow down ourselves in the House of Mammon, unconscious that " unless above himself he can erect himself how poor a thing is man ;" whilst we are doing all this for at best perishing treasures, and very often for perplexing and...

...catholic and universal ends. A puny creature walled in on every side, as Daniel wrote, — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " b«t when his will leans on a principle, when he is the vehicle of ideas, he borrows their omnipotence....

...catholic and universal ends. A puny creature walled in on every side, as Daniel wrote, — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " but when his will leans on a principle, when he is the vehicle of ideas, he borrows their omnipotence....

...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man ! ' * Happy is he who lives to understand, Not human nature only, but explores All natures, — to...

...experience has taught to other peoples in their area of action. What is true of the individual that " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " is equally true of states and kingdoms and empires. As no individual can stand alone, so neither...

...experience has taught to other peoples in their area of action. What is true of the individual that " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " is equally true of states and kingdoms and empires. As no individual can stand alone, so neither...