Lothair, Volume 3

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Longmans, Green, 1870 - 982 pages
 

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Page 220 - Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally occasion ourselves.
Page 84 - I know there are two narratives of your relations with the battle of Mentana,' observed the Cardinal quietly. ' The one accepted as authentic is that which appears in this journal; the other account, which can only be traced to yourself...
Page 182 - I wish I could assure myself of the personality of the Creator,' said Lothair. ' I cling to that, but they say it is unphilosophical.' ' In what sense ? ' asked the Syrian. ' Is it more unphilosophical to believe in a personal God, omnipotent and omniscient, than in natural forces unconscious and irresistible ? Is it unphilosophical to combine power with intelligence ? Goethe, a Spinozist who did not believe in Spinoza, said that he could bring his mind to the conception that in the centre of space...
Page 179 - It is science, that by demonstrating the insignificance of this globe in the vast scale of creation, has led to this infidelity," said Lothair. " Science may prove the insignificance of this globe in the scale of creation," said the stranger, " but it cannot prove the insignificance of man.
Page 177 - A PERSON approached Lothair by the pathway from Bethany. It was the Syrian gentleman whom he had met at the consulate. As he was passing Lothair, he saluted him with the grace which had been before remarked; and Lothair, who was by nature courteous, and even inclined a little to ceremony in his manners, especially with those with whom he was not intimate, immediately rose, as he would not receive such a salutation in a reclining posture. " Let me not disturb you, " said the stranger ; " or, if we...

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