 Idea, be it of devotion to a man or class of men, to a creed, to an institution, or even, as in more ancient times, to a piece of land, is ever a true Loyalty; has in it something of a religious, paramount, quite infinite character; it is properly the...  Education in the Nineteenth Century - Side 205redigeret af - 1901 - 274 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Howard B. Masterman (bp. of Plymouth.) - 1908 - 108 sider
...all its tendencies of endeavour, specialties of custom, its laws, politics and whole procedure — are prescribed by an Idea and flow naturally from it, as movements from the living source of motion. This Idea,. ..has in it something of a religious, paramount, quite infinite character ; it is properly... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 1106 sider
...the glance of some Montesquieu, across innumerable superficial entanglements, can partly decipher), are prescribed by an Idea, and flow naturally from...it, as movements from the living source of motion. This Idea, be it of devotion to a man or class of men, to a creed, to an institution, or even, as in... | |
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