 | James Renwick Wilson Sloane - 1888 - 456 Seiten
...political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports ; " with the immortal Burke, " We know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that...basis of civil society, and the source of all good and comfort ; " with the scholarly Huntington, " Society is the sphere of the kingdom of Christ on earth."... | |
 | 1889 - 934 Seiten
...declarations, and in imitation of His perfections. c. BUBKE — Reflections on the Revolution in France. "We know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that...civil society, and the source of all good, and of all comi'iTt. d. BUKKE — Reflections on the Revolution in France. G — knows I'm no the thing I should... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 Seiten
...declarations, and in imitation of his perfections. 4671 Burke : Reflections on the Revolution in France. Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort. 4672 Burke : Reflections on the Revolution in France. It is well said, in every sense, that a man's... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1889 - 816 Seiten
...call on atheism to explain them. We shall not light up our temple from that unhallowed fire." '• We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is, bv his constitution, a religious animal." — Burke. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONORS: — IT is not necessary... | |
 | James Mitchell Foster - 1890 - 460 Seiten
...wisest and best of men. Montesquieu affirms, "Religion is the support of society.'' Burke declares, "We know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly that...basis of civil society, and the source of all good and comfort." Washington said, "Of all the habits and dispositions that lead to political prosperity, religion... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1892 - 598 Seiten
...obtained authority amongst us. This disposition still remains ; at least in the great body of the people. We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that...civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.1 In England we are so convinced of this, that there is no rust of superstition, with which... | |
 | 1892 - 658 Seiten
...NATION'S LIFE (Vv. l-12)i " We know," says Burke (in his Reflections on the Revolution in France), "and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the •OUTGO of all good, and of all comfort." To this may be added the famous testimony of Josiah Quincy... | |
 | William Eustis Russell - 1893 - 502 Seiten
...corner-stone of civil society, and the cure of all the evils which beset it. "We know," says Burke, "and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion...society and the source of all good and of all comfort." "The true reformer," says an old writer, " is he who creates new institutions and gives them life and... | |
 | George Claude Lorimer - 1894 - 494 Seiten
...mankind, and increased the blessings of society. Edmund Burke went as far, if not farther, when he said : We know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that...society, and the source of all good and of all comfort. And Daniel Webster surpassed both in his magnificent tribute : Religion is a necessary and indispensable... | |
 | 1894 - 822 Seiten
...all I question if his central idea was not put more vigorously by Burke. ' We know,' wrote Burke, ' and, what is better, we feel inwardly that religion is the basis of civil society. We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his constitution a religious animal. All persons... | |
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We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort. 
