 | 1889 - 1028 pages
...is in no sense a rose-water optimist. But he is in the truest sense a meliorist. He doubts not that Through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. He believes that good Will be the final goal of ill. He rests his faith... | |
 | John D. Sherwood - 1870 - 610 pages
...they do not, any word of ours would be, Vox et preterea nihU. BOOK FIRST. DISCOVERIES. BC TO 1607 AD " Through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns." TENNYSON. " Here are old trees, tall oaks and gnarled pines That stream... | |
 | 1914 - 1248 pages
...spirit of enlightened selfinterest, but with the humble loftiness of purpose which doubts not that "through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns." In the world's history military conquest has hitherto always preceded... | |
 | L. U. Reavis - 1870 - 138 pages
...tho mind of man instinctively adjusted to the revolutions of the sun, and tempered by its heat." " Through the ages one increasing purpose runs, „ And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the sun." It is a noteworthy observation of Dr. Draper, in his work on the Civil... | |
 | 1871 - 476 pages
...lion, creeping nigher, Glares at one that nods and winks behind a slowly-dying fire. LOCKSLEY HALL. 145 Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns, What is that to him that reaps not harvest of his youthful joys, Though... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...hungry people, as a lion, creeping nigher, Glares at one that nods and winks behind a slowly dying fire. ill thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness. Blest is thy dwelling-place, 0 to abide with the process of the suns. What is tliat to him that reaps not harvest of his youthful joys, Though... | |
 | 1871 - 248 pages
...store for that interesting people in the near future, much is surely gained that cannot be lost. ' ' I doubt not through the ages One increasing purpose runs ; And the thoughts of men are widened With the process of the suns. " At last, after many trials, the fair " Land to memory and to freedom... | |
 | South Carolina. Supreme Court, J. S. G. Richardson, Robert Wallace Shand, Cyprian Melanchthon Efird, William Hay Townsend, Duncan C. Ray, William Munro Shand - 1918 - 638 pages
...our remarks, than the inspired, and prophetic words of Tennyson, in Locksley Hall, where he says : "I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns, For I dipt into the future far as human eyes could see, Saw the vision... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1880 - 582 pages
...class, with sword and torch, to give to our civilization a serious shock. But as Tennyson has it, — " Through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns." The weary and physically worn civilization of to-day will be followed... | |
 | 1872 - 866 pages
...monuments and of history ; to say on the other hand that we must look to them as guides and examples, not only in art, but in politics and religion, is...not, through the ages one increasing purpose runs, Ami the thoughts of men are widened by the process of the suns." Even in the darkest period of the... | |
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Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. 
