 | 1847 - 910 页
...of the grandeur of the MIND, and in showing the duty of cultivating it. " On earth," says Pascal, " there is nothing great but man • — in man there is nothing great but mind." Its health consists in the development, harmony, and activity of its powers, and depends on knowledge.... | |
 | William Charles Hood - 1854 - 228 页
...action we perform. "In nature," said a forgotten philosopher,—quoted by Sir William Hamilton,—" there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind."t But this human mind, albeit immaterial, may become obscured by disease: it may pass into a... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - 1855 - 732 页
...development of the people : for we accept as true the motto of the illustrious Scotch philosopher, — " On earth there is nothing great but man ; In man there is nothing great but mind." We have occasion to record, since the last Report of the Council, the death of only one among our associates.... | |
 | Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland - 1923 - 116 页
...whether immatured or broken afterward, is a State's menace in proportion to its spread. "In the world, there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind." It is the rapid multiplying of grown people with child minds that is our nation's greatest danger now. The... | |
 | Robert Anchor Thompson - 1855 - 522 页
...concourse of atoms. But this is only the beginning of its difficulty. Man is the wonder of creation. " In earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind." Such, however, is not the doctrine of the atheist. He must rob the mind of every thing that makes it... | |
 | John Tulloch - 1855 - 418 页
...man in His own image." The same truth is classically expressed in the memorial words — " In nature there is nothing great but man ; in man there is nothing great but mind." According to this view, man, while in the very fact of his present existence a product of nature, is... | |
 | John Tulloch - 1855 - 404 页
...man in His own image." The same truth is classically expressed in the memorial words — " In nature there is nothing great but man ; in man there is nothing great but mind." According to this view, man, while in the very fact of his present existence a product of nature, is... | |
 | John Tulloch - 1856 - 456 页
...man in his own image." The same truth is classically expressed in the memorial words — " In nature there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind." According to this view, man, while in the very fact of his present existence a product of nature, is... | |
 | University of Edinburgh - 1857 - 430 页
...fundamental truth to be held by, and fruitful of all noble consequences when consistently applied. " ON EARTH THERE is NOTHING GREAT BUT MAN; IN MAN THERE is NOTHING GREAT BUT MIND," is a sentence which the late Sir William Hamilton considered of sufficient significancy to paint in... | |
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On earth there is nothing great but man, In man there is nothing great but mind. 
