 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1848 - 538 pages
...them aside, just as he would brush from the page any foreign substance that might be thrown upon it. " Human thought, like God, makes the world in its, own...reign of the people. " A Gospel of social rights. " A Gospel of duties, a charter of humanity. " France declared itself the apostle of this creed. In... | |
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - France - 1849 - 542 pages
...Thought was revived by a philosophical age. It had to transform the social world. The French Eevolution was therefore in its essence a sublime and impassioned...prejudices ; The sovereignty of people over governments. Eevolution in rights ; equality. Eevolution in ideas ; reasoning substituted for authority. Eevolution... | |
 | Books - 1849 - 538 pages
...ideal. This is the reason why its passion spread beyond the precincts of France. Those who limit it mutilate it. It was the accession of three moral sovereignties...of intelligence over prejudices. The sovereignty of the people over governments. Revolution in rights, equality. Revolution in ideas, reasoning substituted... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1850 - 556 pages
...divine, a universal ideal. Observe why it was coveted beyond the frontiers of France. They who confine, mutilate it. It was the accession of three moral sovereignties...sovereignty of right over force ; " The sovereignty of intellect over prejudices ; " The sovereignty of the people over governments. " A revolution in rights... | |
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - France - 1856 - 562 pages
...of God confined in the sanctuaries, should shine forth pouring into each free conscience the right of liberty itself; that this light, a revelation for...the reign of the people. A Gospel of social rights. France declared itself the apostle of this creed. In this war of ideas France had allies every where,... | |
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - France - 1868 - 502 pages
...universal ideal. This is the reason why its passion spread beyond the frontiers of France. Those wno limit, mutilate it. It was the accession of three...the reign of the people. A Gospel of social rights. A. Gospel of duties, a charter of humanity. France declared itself the apostle of this creed. In this... | |
 | Nahum Capen - Great Britain - 1875 - 720 pages
...philosophical age. It had to transform the social world. The French Revolution was therefore in ite essence a sublime and impassioned spirituality. It...of intelligence over prejudices ; the sovereignty ofi>eople over governments; revolution in rights; equality. Revolution in ideas; reasoning substituted... | |
 | History - 1883 - 540 pages
...time of the Crusades, or earlier, there is no chapter of history so well worth studying. — CARLYLB. The French Revolution was therefore in its essence...the reign of the people. A gospel of social rights. A gospel of duties, a charter of humanity. France declared itself the apostle of this creed. In this... | |
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Human thought, like God, makes the world in its own image. Thought was revived by a philosophical age. It had to transform the social world. The French Revolution was therefore in its essence a sublime and impassioned spirituality. It had a divine and... 
