All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt : We called the chess-board white, - we call it black. 'Well... The Gentle Reader - Page 127by Samuel McChord Crothers - 1912 - 321 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Browning - 1856 - 386 pages
...is faith, — And so we stumble at truth's very test ? What have we gained then by our unbelief But a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith...called the chess-board white, — we call it black. " Well," you rejoin, " the end 's no worse, at least, We 've reason for both colours on the board.... | |
| American essays - 1903 - 1362 pages
...whether he should be called a skeptic or believer, seeing that he could only exchange " a life of donbt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified...calls his intellectual chess-board black. That, at act rate, was the original color, the white is an afterthought. Let me then without suspicion <>i treasonable... | |
| Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...what is faith — And so we stumble at truth's very test ? All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith...called the chess-board white — we call it black. "Well," you rejoin, "the end's no worse, at least; We've reason for both colours on the board : Why... | |
| Robert Browning - 1872 - 310 pages
...him what is faith? And so we stumble at truth's very test! All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith...called the chess-board white, — we call it black. "Well," you rejoin, "the end's no worse, at least; "We've reason for both colours on the board: "Why... | |
| Robert Browning - 1880 - 392 pages
...what is faith ? And so we stumble at truth's very test ! All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith...called the chess-board white, — we call it black. " Well," you rejoin, "the end 's no worse, at least; " We Ve reason for both colours on the board :... | |
| Robert Browning - 1883 - 308 pages
...virile analysis of the motives actuating the great prelate, who after due reflection has rejected " A life of doubt diversified by faith For one of faith diversified by doubt. " Cardinal Wiseman is worldly and insincere ; the poet, Gigadibs, is earnest and on the right side... | |
| Robert Browning - 1886 - 600 pages
...is faith, — And so we stumble at truth's very test ? What have we gamed then by our unbelief But a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith...diversified by doubt. We called the chess-board white, — wr call it block. " Well," you rejoin, " the end's no worse, at least, W-? Ve reason for both colours... | |
| Robert Browning - English poetry - 1886 - 344 pages
...what is faith ? And so we stumble at truth's very test ! All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt : \Ve called the chess-board white, — we call it black. " Well," you rejoin, " the end's no worse,... | |
| Robert Browning - English poetry - 1887 - 462 pages
...what is faith ? And so we stumble at truth's very test ! All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith...called the chess-board white, — we call it black. " Well," you rejoin, " the end 's no worse, at least ; We 've reason for both colors on the board :... | |
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