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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography. ERNEST. My dear fellow! GILBERT. I am afraid it is true. Formerly we used to canonise our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarise them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable. ERNEST. May I ask, Gilbert, to whom you allude?
That tendency, constantly exhibited by mankind, to canonise the forms and practices along with which any great truth has been bequeathed to them their liability to prostrate their intellects before the prophet, and swear by his every word their proneness to mistake the clothing of the idea for the idea itself; renders it needful to insist strongly upon the distinction between the fundamental principle of the Pestalozzian system, and the set of expedients devised for its practice; and to suggest that while the one may be considered as established, the other is probably nothing but an adumbration of the normal course.
Covetousness was stoned to death in Israel, and struck with sudden destruction in the Apostolic Church. It has been reserved for the modern Church to tolerate and almost to canonise it; and yet we wonder how it comes that we are so often foiled before some little Ai, and so seldom see any walls falling by our assault.
The fine arts flourished and a Platonic Academy was established. It was even proposed that the Pope should canonise Plato as a saint. In fact that period witnessed the inauguration of modern culture. After the first few days in Florence, Savonarola again began to experience the feeling of isolation.
Carambo, that for you!" exclaimed the captain, looking at the small shrine of the saint at the bittacle, and snapping his fingers at the image; "that for you, you useless wretch, who never help us in our trouble. The pope must canonise some better saints for us, for all we have now are worn out.
Carambo! that for you," exclaimed the captain, looking at the small shrine of the saint at the bittacle, and snapping his fingers at the image "that for you, you useless wretch, who never help us in our trouble. The Pope must canonise some better saints for us, for all we have now are worn out.
She forgets, or does not know, that Protestantism is a quieter creed than Romanism; as it does not clothe its priesthood in scarlet, so neither does it set up its good women for saints, canonise their names, and proclaim their good works. In the records of man, their almsgiving will not perhaps be found registered, but Heaven has its account as well as earth.
I dare say no one ever before said a good word for Judas since the day of his death, and this lad would canonise him out of hand. Think of it St. Judas!" Nancy lay back among the cushions, talking idly, inconsequently.
Don't you remember how fond poor daddy was of it, and how dear Martin treasured it? `Dear Martin' psh! Martin never did her anything but evil turns all his threescore years, but women canonise their own folk when they die.
You embody your principle in some concrete person; canonise him or damn him, as he represents truth or error; and take credit to yourself for insight and for a lofty morality.
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