 The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe grows upon us and we become accustomed to boundless space and time, the more petrifying is the contrast of our own insignificance, the more contemptible become the pettiness, shortness, fragility...  Reflections of a Russian Statesman - Page 165by Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonost︠s︡ev - 1898 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Browning Society (London, England) - 1881 - 610 pages
...Ecce Homo in his new work on Natural Religion. " The more our thoughts widen and deepen," he writes, " as the universe grows upon us, and we become accustomed...more contemptible become the pettiness, shortness, and fragility, of the individual life. Л moral paralysis creeps upon us. For a while we comfort ourselves... | |
 | English literature - 1882 - 598 pages
...failure and despondency : — ' The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe grows npon us and we become accustomed to boundless space and...contrast of our own insignificance, the more contemptible contemptible become the pettiness, shortness, fragility, of the individual life. A moral paralysis... | |
 | Frederic William Henry Myers - Europe - 1883 - 352 pages
...natural can suffice for human life. No sooner do we try to think so than pessimism raises its head. The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe...individual life. A moral paralysis creeps upon us. For awhile we comfort ourselves with the notion of selfsacrifice ; we say, What matter if I pass, let me... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - Natural theology - 1883 - 104 pages
...natural can suffice for human life. No sooner do we try to think so than pessimism raises its head. The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe...more contemptible become the pettiness, shortness, and fragility of the individual life. A moral paralysis creeps upon us. For a while we comfort ourself... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - Natural theology - 1883 - 102 pages
...the contrast of our own insignificance, the more contemptible become the pettiness, shortness, and fragility of the individual life. A moral paralysis creeps upon us. For a while we comfort ourself with the notion of self-sacrifice ; we say, What matter if I pass, let me think of others !... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1886 - 104 pages
...natural can suffice for human life. No sooner do we try to think so than pessimism raises its head. The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe...more contemptible become the pettiness, shortness, and fragility of the individual life. A moral paralysis creeps upon us. For a while we comfort ourself... | |
 | Apologetics - 1886 - 436 pages
...edifice which he had so sedulously been erecting. How plaintive, if not repentant, are his words: " The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe...contrast of our own insignificance, the more contemptible becomes the pettiness, shortness, fragility of the individual life. A moral paralysis creeps upon us.... | |
 | William F. Revell - Ethics - 1887 - 192 pages
...suffice for human life. " No sooner do we try to think so," he says, " than pessimism raises its head. The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe...contrast of our own insignificance, the more contemptible the pettiness, shortness, and frailty of the individual life. A moral paralysis creeps upon us. For... | |
 | James Orr - Incarnation - 1893 - 584 pages
...natural can suffice for human life. No sooner do we try to think so than Pessimism raises its head. The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe...fragility of the individual life. A moral paralysis creeps over us. For a while we comfort ourselves with the notion of self-sacrifice ; we say, What matter if... | |
 | Frederic William Henry Myers - Literature, Modern - 1921 - 602 pages
...natural can suffice for human life. No sooner do we try to think so than pessimism raises its head. The more our thoughts widen and deepen, as the universe...individual life. A moral paralysis creeps upon us. For awhile we comfort ourselves with the notion of selfsacrifice ; we say, What matter if I pass, let me... | |
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