| Constance E. Plumptre - 1879 - 366 sider
...Universe,' says the devout Novalis, 'and that is the Body of Man. Nothing is holier than that high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this Revelation in the Flesh. We touch Heaven when we lay our hand on a human body ! ' This sounds much like a mere flourish of rhetoric ; but it is not so. If well... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 394 sider
...the universe," says Novalis, " and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than that high _ form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body." This may be accepted as an eloquent paraphrase of St. Paul's exclamation : —... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 sider
...universe," says the devout Novalis, " and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than that high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!" This sounds much like a mere flourish of rhetoric; but it is not so. If well... | |
| Manchester Literary Club - 1880 - 772 sider
...is but one temple in the world, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven, when we lay bur hand on a human body." God himself does not seem to be always occupied with moral considerations.... | |
| Francis Frederick Fox - 1880 - 182 sider
...mystical unfathomable Visibility which calls ' I ' on the earth. ' Bending before men,' says Novalis, ' is a reverence done to this Revelation in the flesh. We touch Heaven when we lay our hand on a human body. And the body of one dead — a temple where the hero-soul once was and now is... | |
| 1881 - 902 sider
...our hearts, as in our fellow-men ?" . . . "Bending before men is a reverence done to the Eevelation in the Flesh. We touch Heaven when we lay our hands on a human Body." " Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are the meek for they... | |
| - 1881 - 854 sider
...the universe," says Novalis, " and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than that high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body." This may be accepted as an eloquent paraphrase of St Paul's exclamation : —... | |
| Edward Barrett - 1881 - 412 sider
..."Revelation in the Flesh." "There is but one temple in the world," says he, "and that is the body of man. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body." In which notable words, a reader that meditates them may find such meaning and... | |
| 1881 - 416 sider
...is but one temple in the world, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven, when we lay our hand on a human body." God himself does not seem to be always occupied with moral considerations. The... | |
| Strait gate - 1881 - 248 sider
...is but one Temple in the world, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in. the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body." ing- assurance and pledge of the presence of the invisible God, the authentic... | |
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