 | Thomas Elrington (bp. of Ferns and Leighlin.) - 1828 - 384 sidor
...preserves " them in full activity. Possession makes us " indifferent, indolent, and proud. If the Deity " held in his right hand all truth, and in his left " the ever-active impulse only, the fond desire " and longing after truth, even coupled with the " condition... | |
 | Adolf Bernhard Marx - 1854 - 338 sidor
...which alone consists his constantly growing perfection. Possession makes us calm, indolent, and proud. If God held in his right hand all truth, and in his left nothing but a desire for truth, accompanied with a decree that I should always err ; and if He said... | |
 | Adolf Bernhard Marx - 1855 - 352 sidor
...which alone consists his constantly growing perfection. Possession makes us calm, indolent, and proud. If God held in his right hand all truth, and in his left nothing but a desire for truth, accompanied with a decree that I should always err ; and if He said... | |
 | 1868 - 626 sidor
...in which alone consists his ever-growing perfection. Possession makes restful, indolent, proud — " If God held in His right hand all truth, and in His left the single, ever active desire after truth, although with the addition that I must always and for ever... | |
 | Charles Beard - 1868 - 656 sidor
...in which alone consists his ever-growing perfection. Possession makes restful, indolent, proud— " If God held in His right hand all truth, and in His left the single, ever active desire after truth, although with the addition that I must always and for ever... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1880 - 280 sidor
...in which alone consists his ever-growing perfection. Possession makes restful, indolent, proud — ' If God held in His right hand all truth, and in His left the single, ever active desire after truth, although with the addition that I must always and for ever... | |
 | Samuel Harris - 1883 - 598 sidor
...the enjoyment of his own intellectual activity. This is the purport of Lessing's famous saying : " If God held in his right hand all truth, and in his left hand the single always urgent impulse to search after truth with the condition that I be always and... | |
 | Ida L. White - 1901 - 232 sidor
...bless, With thoughts of Peace and Love — of Heav'n and God. 94 "VERITATIS INSATIABILIS FAMES" " // God held in His right hand All Truth, and in His left hand simply the ever-active endeavour after Truth — even with the condition that I should ever err... | |
 | James Edward Cowell Welldon - 1902 - 444 sidor
...seeking truth and arguing about it and concluding upon it. Lessing in a famous passage l has declared, " If God held in His right hand all truth and in His left simply the ever-moving impulse towards truth, although with the condition that I should eternally err,... | |
 | Henry Kelsey White - 1907 - 104 sidor
...and bless, With thoughts of Peace and Love — of Heav'n and God. VERITATIS INSATIABILIS FAMES" " // God held in His right hand All Truth, and in His left hand simply the ever-active endeavour after Truth — even with the condition that I should ever err... | |
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If God held in His right hand all truth and in His left the precious ever-active urge for truth, although with the qualification that I would ever and always err and said to me "choose", I would humbly grasp His left hand and say : "Father, give; pure... 
