 Do you know what it is," M. Fe"li l said to us on the evening of the day before yesterday, " which makes man the most suffering of all creatures? It is that he has one foot in the finite and the other in the infinite, and that he is torn asunder, not...  Maurice and Eugénie de Guérin: A Monograph - Page 62by Harriet Parr, Holme Lee - 1870 - 253 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mabel Dearmer - 1908 - 438 pages
...said M. Fele on the evening of the day before yesterday, " why man is the most suffering among all creatures ? ' It is because he has one foot in the...in the infinite and that he is torn asunder not by four horses, as in certain horrible times, but between two worlds."' Journal of Maurice de Guerin.... | |
 | James Wells - Missionaries - 1908 - 522 pages
...Prmerb. ' Do you know why man is the most suffering creature in the world? It is because he stands with one foot in the finite, and the other in the infinite, and is torn asunder, not by four horses, but by two worlds.' — Lamennais. 'The Zulus are a wonderful... | |
 | Harold Begbie - Christian biography - 1909 - 296 pages
...said on one occasion to his pupils, " which makes man the most suffering of all creatures? It is that he has one foot in the finite and the other in the infinite, and that he is torn asunder, not by four horses, as in the horrible old times, but between two worlds." The whole struggle is there. It... | |
 | James Wells - Lovedale (South Africa) - 1909 - 526 pages
...Proverb. ' Do you know why man is the most suffering creature in the world? It is because he stands with one foot in the finite, and the other in the infinite, and is torn asunder, not by four horses, but by two worlds.'— Lammnais. 'The Zulus are a wonderful people.... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1914 - 502 pages
...the day before yesterday, " which makes man the most suffering of all creatures ? It is that he 20 has one foot in the finite and the other in the infinite, and that he is torn asunder, not by four horses, as in the horrible old times, but between two worlds." Again he said to us as we heard... | |
 | Minos Devine - Bible - 1916 - 256 pages
...Lamennais : " Do you know what it is that makes man the most suffering of all creatures ? It is that he has one foot in the finite and the other in the infinite, and that he is torn asunder between two worlds" ("Ecclesiastes," Expositor's Bible, p. 182). the everlasting, man seeks to probe... | |
 | Marion McClelland - 1921 - 310 pages
...were more absorbed in their own intense personalities. They themselves were so frankly living with one foot in the finite and the other in the infinite, and suffering so profoundly while torn between the two worlds. Because Kaleema was physically cleaner than... | |
 | Violet Tweedale - Ghosts - 1924 - 364 pages
...know," asked Lammenais, " why man is the most suffering of creatures ? It is because he stands with one foot in the Finite and the other in the Infinite, and is torn asunder, not by four horses but by two worlds." No thoughtful person will refuse to-day to... | |
 | Clarence De Witt Thorpe - Literary Criticism - 1926 - 246 pages
...is," once said M. de Lamennais, " which makes a man the most suffering of all creatures ? It is that he has one foot in the finite and the other in the infinite, and that he is torn asunder, not by four horses as in the horrible old times, but between two worlds." With some modification these words... | |
 | Clarence De Witt Thorpe - Literary Criticism - 1926 - 240 pages
...is," once said M. de Lamennais, " which makes a man the most suffering of all creatures ? It is that he has one foot in the finite and the other in the infinite, and that he is torn asunder, not by four horses as in the horrible old times, but between two worlds." With some modification these words... | |
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