 | United States - 1839 - 630 pages
...set to itB unfolding. He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his plac« what it may. Yon may clothe him with rags, may immure...still great. You may shut him out of your houses, hut God opens to him heavenly mansions. He makes no show, indeed, in the streets of a splendid city... | |
 | United States - 1839 - 622 pages
...unfolding. He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place •what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon, may chain him to slavish tasks ; but be is still great. You may shut him out of your house?, but God opens to him heavenly mansions. He... | |
 | 1839 - 648 pages
...powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with raps, may immerse him in a dungeon, may chain him to slavish tasks : but he is still great. You shut him out of your houses; but God opens to him heavenly mansions. He makes no show indeed in the... | |
 | 1846 - 544 pages
...divine powers of the soul, is a 4 great being, be his place where it may. You may clothe him with 'rags, chain him to slavish tasks — but he is still great....thought, a pure affection, a resolute act of a virtuous life, will have a dignity of quite another kind and far higher, than accumulation of brick and granite,... | |
 | 644 pages
...— He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon,...but he is still great. You may shut him out of your house, but God opens to him heavenly mansions. The Girls. — A home without a girl in it is only half... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may iinmure him in a dungeon, may chain him to slavish tasks. But he is still great. You may shut him out of youj houses ; but God opens to him heavenly mansions. He makes no show, indeed, in the streets of a... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may elothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon, may chain...indeed, in the streets of a splendid city ; but a elear thought, a puru affection, a resolute act of a virtuous will, have a dignity of quite another... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...unfolding. He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon,...great. You may shut him out of your houses ; but God njiens to him heavenly mansions. He makes no show, indeed, in the streets of a splendid city ; but... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...unfolding. He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon,...great. You may shut him out of your houses ; but God rns to him heavenly mansions. He makes no show, indeed, in streets of a splendid city ; but a clear... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1870 - 764 pages
...possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe htm rt to the author, whose writings seem to be natural...edify the Protestant mind, must have compelled her to affec'.ion, a resolute act of a virtuous will, have a dignity of quite another kind and far higher... | |
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Let us not disparage that nature which is common to all men, for no thought can measure its grandeur. It is the image of God, the image even of his infinity, for no limits can be set to its unfolding. He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is... 
