 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
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1893 - 280 Seiten
...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 hands on a human body. — ' Man is a Sun ; his Senses are the Planets. — ' Man has ever expressed... | |
 | 1898 - 404 Seiten
...world, and that temple 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 hands on a human body. — Novalis. MEN divide life into two departments, secular and religious. Christ... | |
 | John Clifford - 1898 - 304 Seiten
...Body of Man. Nothing is holier than that high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to that Revelation in the Flesh. We touch Heaven when we lay our hand upon a human body." And of all men, the highest, the divinest, is Jesus of Nazareth. He is the brightness... | |
 | 1899 - 244 Seiten
...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....touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body ! " This sounds much like a mere flourish of rhetoric ; but it is not so. If well meditated, it will... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1899 - 464 Seiten
...quite right. Every man should be honored as God's image, in the sense in which Novalis says — that we touch Heaven when we lay our hand on a human body ! . . . The old Homeric Greeks I think felt that, and acted up to it, more than any nation. The Patriarchs... | |
 | Keshub Chunder Sen - 1901 - 508 Seiten
...beautifully said, " and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than that high 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." However shocking man's sinfulness may be, his godliness is worthy of homage. If it is true he crawls... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 492 Seiten
...'There is but one temple in the world,' says he, ' and that is the body of man. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh....touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body.' In which notable words a reader that meditates them may find such meaning and scientific accuracy as... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 454 Seiten
...Flesh.' 'There is but one temple in the world/ says he, ' and that is the body of man. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh....touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body.' In which notable words a reader that meditates them may find such meaning and scientific accuracy as... | |
 | State Medical Society of Wisconsin - 1870 - 848 Seiten
...says Xovalis ; "and that is the body of man. Xothing 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." Speaking of this temple not builded with hands, the incomparable Watson says, "you cannot have looked... | |
 | 1902 - 970 Seiten
...Talmud. To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power. — George MacDonald. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body. — Novalis. No cloud can overshadow a true Christian, but his faith will discern a rainbow in it.... | |
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