...is ethical. Mr. Proude has stated it in language which can not be changed except for the worse : " One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat...distinctness : that the world is built somehow on a moral foundation ; that, in the long run, it is well with the good, and in the long run it is ill...

...growing enthusiastic about the spirit of past ages ; ' my friend, the times which are gone are abookwith seven seals; and what you call the spirit of past...wicked. But this is no science ; it is no more than the oil doctrine taught long ago by the Hebrew prophets. The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance...

...great nations owe their prosperity. — Buckle, HUMAN INTEREST IN HISTORY. — ITS MORAL ELEMENTS. One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat...The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If men are not entirely animals,...

...great nations owe their prosperity. — Buckle. HUMAN INTEREST IN HISTORY. — ITS MORAL ELEMENTS. One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat...The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If men are not entirely animals,...

...call the spirit of past ages is but the spirit of this or that worthy gentleman in whose mind these ages are reflected. " One lesson, and only one, history...taught long ago by the Hebrew prophets. The theories M. Comte and his disciples advance are, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground....

...and will provide you with abundant illustrations of any thing which you may wish to believe. " What is history," said Napoleon, " but a fiction agreed...long ago by the Hebrew prophets. The theories of M. Gomte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If...

...the spirit of past ages ; ' my friend, ^ times which are gone are a book with seven seals; ^j ^rtat you call the spirit of past ages is but the spirit...The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If men are not entirely animals,...

...history. There we find that " perhaps the one and only scientific conclusion which can be drawn is, that in the long run it is well with the good, in the long run it is ill with the bad." That is, the natural government over man points to such a law as religion states to be the principle...

...ambiguity. There is no possibility of diverse theories here, and that lesson is, that the world is built on moral foundations, that in the long run it is well with the good, and in the long run it is ill with the wicked ; and that one lesson is the old doctrine taught long...

...and will provide you with abundant illustrations of any thing which you may wish to believe. " What is history," said Napoleon, " but a fiction agreed...The theories of M. Comte and his disciples advance us, after all, not a step beyond the trodden and familiar ground. If men are not entirely animals,...