 | 1876 - 966 sider
...reality of things and of the madness of self-deception : " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why then should we desire to be deceived ? " — such a man, even if he was somewhat despotically imposed upon our youth, may yet well challenge... | |
 | 1876 - 802 sider
...lias a sentence like this sentence, splend-ide vemx, of Butler's : " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " To take in such a sentence as that is an education in moral and intellectual veracity. And after... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 sider
...reality of things and of the madness of self-deception : " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why then should we desire to be deceived ? " — such a man, even if he was somewhat despotically imposed upon our youth, may yet well challenge... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 552 sider
...assembled myriads worship. We take facts as we find them. Butler said, — " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be...why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " The duration of life on our globe is but a single pulsation of the mighty life of the universe. Nay, the... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 552 sider
...assembled myriads worship. We take facts as we find them. Butler said, — " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be...why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " The duration of life on our globe is but a single pulsation of the mighty life of the universe. Nay, the... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1880 - 602 sider
...assembled myriads worship. We take facts as we find them. Butler said — " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be...why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " The facts are evidence of a far-extending purpose ; every part seems worked with much art, and assigned... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 354 sider
...else. ' It is fit things be stated and considered as they really are.' 'Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' And he believed in reason. ' I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken to vilify... | |
 | Walter Lewin - 1880 - 368 sider
...better understand their meaning at thirty than he will at eighteen. " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we deceive ourselves ? " Therefore at the outset let everything that is taught, that can be explained... | |
 | William Lucas Collins - 1881 - 220 sider
...very similar in the peroration of his sermon on Balaam. ' Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things History... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 430 sider
...else. " It is fit things be stated and considered as they really are." " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived 1 " And he believed in reason. "I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken to vilify... | |
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Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived? 
