 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 338 sider
...comes of his Greatness ; it is be' cause there is an Infinite in him, which with all his * cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. Will * the...and ' Confectioners of modern Europe undertake, in joint' stock company, to make one Shoeblack HAPPY ? They ' cannot accomplish it, above an hour or two... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1846 - 490 sider
...construe, comes of his Greatness ; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. Will the whole...-would require, if you consider it, for his permanent satisfac' tion and saturation, simply this allotment, no more, and no less : ' God's infinite Universe... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1848 - 654 sider
...comes of his Greatness; it is • because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning ' he cannot quite bury under the Finite. Will the whole...would require, if you consider it, for his permanent satisfae' tion and saturation, simply this allotment, no more, and no less: ' God's infinite Universe... | |
 | Truth-seeker and present age - 1849 - 540 sider
...find their appointed answer in Fiction. It has been quaintly but significantly asked by Carlyle : ' Will the whole Finance Ministers, and Upholsterers,...happy? They cannot accomplish it above an hour or two. ' And this because there is in man a eraving that no material food can satisfy, a void that not all... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1850 - 676 sider
...comes of his Greatness ; it is ' because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning • he cannot quite bury under the Finite. Will the whole...joint-stock company, to make one Shoeblack 'HAPPY 1 They cannot accomplish it, above an hour or two ; for the Shoeblack also has a Soul quite other than... | |
 | 1852 - 512 sider
...construe, comes of his greatness ; it is because there is an infinite in him which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the finite. Will the whole...Europe undertake in joint-stock company to make one shoeMack happy! They cannot accomplish it, above an hour or two ; for the shoeblack has a soul quite... | |
 | 1856 - 386 sider
...which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. "Will the whole finance-ministers and upholsterers and confectioners of modern Europe...shoeblack also has a soul quite other than his stomach. . . The whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus : By certain valuations, and averages, of our own... | |
 | John Orr (Unitarian minister.) - 1857 - 518 sider
...destination.2 1 Vide Supra, p. 249. 2 This infinitude of obligation and of desire is a most important fact. " Will the whole Finance Ministers, and Upholsterers, and Confectioners of modern Europe," says a striking writer, " undertake in a joint-stock company to make one Shoeblack HAPPY ? They cannot... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 412 sider
...construe, comes of his Greatness ; it is because there is an In' finite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury ' under the Finite. Will the whole Finance Ministers and Up' holsterers and Confectioners of modern Europe undertake, in ' joint-stock company, to make one... | |
 | Levi Cooper Lane - 1861 - 538 sider
...more he wants, the more he becomes dissatisfied. As Carlyle puts it in his rugged, forcible way: " Will the whole Finance Ministers and Upholsterers and Confectioners of modern Europe undertake, in joint stock company, to make one shoeblack HAPPY ? They cannot accomplish it above an hour or two ;... | |
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Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness ; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. Will the whole Finance Ministers and Upholsterers and Confectioners of modern Europe... 
