There is but one temple in the Universe,' says the devout Novalis, ' and that is the Body of Man. Nothing is holier than that high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this Revelation in the Flesh. We touch Heaven when we lay our hand on a... Past and present - Seite 336von Thomas Carlyle - 1897Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| David Thomas - 1882 - 446 Seiten
...devout Novalis, " and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than the human form. Bending before man is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh....touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body! This sounds much like a mere flourish of rhectoric : but it is not so. If well meditated, it will turn... | |
| G. V. Maxham - 1854 - 192 Seiten
...says Novalis, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh....touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body. This truth was impressed as with letters of fire on the mind of the great Apostle to the>Gentiles.... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 Seiten
...'There is but one temple in the world,' says he, ' and that is the body of man. Bending before men a In which notable words, a reader that meditates them, may find such meaning and scientific accuracy... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 412 Seiten
..." and that Temple is the ' Body of Man. Nothing is holier than this high Form. Bend' ing before men is a reverence done to this Revelation in the ' Flesh. We touch Heaven, when we lay our hands on a human ' Body." ' On which ground, I would fain carry it farther than most do ; ' and whereas... | |
| 1859 - 782 Seiten
...one Temple in the World, the Body of Man. Nothing is holier than that high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand upon a human body." He shares Jean Paul's love for the young; he deems that " where children are is... | |
| 1861 - 634 Seiten
...in the world, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand upon a human body." This is the careful utterance of a profoundlv devout spirit, according to the system... | |
| 1861 - 636 Seiten
...in the world, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand upon a human body." This is the careful utterance of a profoundly devout spirit, according to the system... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...Novalis, "and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than that high form. Bending before men ia 1 1 !" This sounds much like a mere flourish of rhetoric ; but it is not so. If well meditated, it will... | |
| Leopold Hartley Grindon - 1863 - 424 Seiten
...correspondence, the body is like the soul, and the soul like the spiritual world. Novalis says truly that ' we touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body.' Think how the face is the epitome of the body, repeating in little its every organ and every function,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1866 - 138 Seiten
...Novalis, ' and that Temple is the Body of Man. Nothing is holier than this high Form. Bending before man is a reverence done to this Revelation in the Flesh. We touch Heaven, when we lay our hands on a human Body.' - " On which ground I would fain carry it farther than most do ; and whereas... | |
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