...sentence of the "Areopagitica:" — » Nineteenth Century, vol. vlU., pp. 401-403. September, 1880. I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue,...unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for not without...

...rest. He knew the toil and danger which awaited him ; but he knew also that he had taken his part in ' the race where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.' His great soul was in itself open and gentle as day, and in gentler times would not have appeared in...

...yet distinguish, and yet prefer that' which is truly better, ho is the true war-faring Christian. 1 t Chambers sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without...

...if he does not labor to ensure the result he professes to desire ? Well has Milton said, " I can not praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary ; but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not...

...unexcrcised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, wliere that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and sweat. This was the reason why our sage and serious poet, Spenser, describing true temperance under...

...dawn, never more hear the bird of morning sing." In the Areopogitica occurs the following passage : "1 cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue unexercised and unbreathed, that never rallies out and seeks her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to...

...praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that...garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. This was the reason why our sage and serious poet, Spenser, describing true temperance under the person...

...and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he. is the true warfaring Christian. I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered >, virtue...unexercised, and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without...

...unex^ercisetl, and unbreathed, that never sallies out.aud_sie5~hcr adversary, btit shnks out ofthe race, where that immortal garland is to be run ' for, not without dust aad heat. Assuredly we bring not innocence into the world, we bring impurity much rather ; that which...

...allurements of a corrupt ambition, has been a life of honour, integrity, and independence. His has not been a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out to meet her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where the immortal garland is to be run for, not...