 | Edwin Dwight Babbitt - 1881 - 394 Seiten
...Universe. By EDWIN D. BABBITT, Author of " Principles of Light and Color," " Health Manual," etc. " He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth,...loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and by lovmg himself better than all-" — COLERIDGE. " Let Truth and Falsehood Grapple.''— MILTON.... | |
 | John Sherren Brewer - 1881 - 518 Seiten
...and no wiser after our labours. There is a wise remark of Coleridge, applicable to this mistake:—' He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth,...loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.' Let us first examine the difficulties, and then consider... | |
 | Great thoughts - 1882 - 742 Seiten
...should be cultivated. In all our proceedings it will make us direct :md consistent. — Dr. Blair. He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth...loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than alL— ST Coleridge. TRUTH. Man a Steward for Truth is not man's... | |
 | William Kingdon Clifford - 1884 - 78 Seiten
...true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.' And with this famous aphorism of Coleridge — ' He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth,...loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.' Inquiry into the evidence of a doctrine is not to be made... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 698 Seiten
...excludes or limits a readinesi to receive Christianity as Divine if the Truth shall demand it: — " He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth,...loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end hi loving himself better than nil." — [" Mor. and Rel. Aphorisms"; XXV. Works ; New York... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1884 - 512 Seiten
...truth. I will venture to add in my own name and from my own conviction the following : APHORISM XXV. He, who begins by loving Christianity better than...loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. APHORISM XXVI. THE ABSENCE IP DISPUTES, AND Л GKNCRAL,... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 704 Seiten
...excludes or limits a readinest to receive Christianity as Divine if the Truth shall demand it: — " He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth,...loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." — [" Mor. and Rel. Aphorisms": XXv. Works ; New York... | |
 | Keningale Cook - 1886 - 490 Seiten
...the dead traditions of a Pharisaic Church ? The piercing words of ST Coleridge occur to the mind : " He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth...loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." The immorality of the prevalent doctrine lies in its inculcation... | |
 | 1886 - 988 Seiten
...his character: rather, as Mr. Coleridge says, «He who begins by loving Christianity better than the truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.' A teetotaler will not add so much to society by his temperance... | |
 | Alois Brandl - 1887 - 424 Seiten
...wall of the Temple, wherever a chink betrayed a ray of light. He says in his 'Aids to Reflection,' " He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth,...loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end by loving himself better than all." He maintained his life long the deepest conviction that... | |
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He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. 
