 | Peace - 1827 - 548 pages
...endeavour to correct their errors by gentleness and goodness." Plutarch. Remark of Gibbon. " As long as men shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on...ever be the vice of the most exalted characters." Plmcion's Magnanimity. Philip of Macedon had been a formidable enemy to the Athenians. When the news... | |
 | 1829 - 838 pages
...preservative of the kind itself, and conducing to its welfare and support." P. 113. It is strange to imagine that war, which of all things appears the most savage, should be the passion of the most heroic spirits. But it is in war that the knot of fellowship is closest drawn, it is in... | |
 | Jonathan Dymond - Ethics - 1834 - 444 pages
...factitious glory as a cause of war Gibbon speaks in the Decline and Fall. " As long as mankind," says he, " shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefac* See Essay, ii. c. 10. f West. Rev. No. 1 for 1827. t Mem. and Rem. of the late Jane Taylor.... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1837 - 558 pages
...lauded. And, says Gibbon, " so long as the destroyers of mankind are deemed more honorable than the benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters." This truth the history of humanity confirms. Military glory, in all ages of the world, has been prized... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 200 pages
...moral philosopher; to the pamphleteer; to i editor of the newspaper; to the teacher of religion. " As long as mankind," says GIBBON, " shall continue...ever be the vice of the most exalted characters." DYMOND'S INQUIRY. ROBERT POLLOK.—Course of Time. This is true glory and renown, when God, Looking... | |
 | Peace - 1845 - 648 pages
...the promises of Heaven. Of this factitious glory as a cause of war, Gibbon says, " Aa long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on...things appears the most savage, should be the passion of the most heroic spirits." But he gives us the reasons. " By a small misguidance of the affections,... | |
 | Jonathan Dymond - Ethics - 1845 - 606 pages
...factitious glory as a cause of War, Gibbon speaks in the Decline and Fall. " As long as mankind," says he, " shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on...things appears the most savage, should be the passion of the most heroic spirits."—But he gives us the reason.—" By a small misguidance of the affection,... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1894 - 568 pages
...and observation is of much value in this connection. Says Gibbon, the historian, "As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on...their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst for military glory will ever be the vice of the most excellent characters." Says the Earl of Shaftesfeury,... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 844 pages
...worldly experience—(Squils again closed his eyes, and became exanimate)—' It is strange to imagine that war, which of all things appears the most savage, should be the passion of the most heroic spirits. But ‘tis in war that the knot of fellowship is closest drawn; ‘tis... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 714 pages
...may so say) in the strongest manner, the force of the confederating charm. " 'Tie strange to imagine that war, which of all things appears the most savage, should be the passion of the most heroic spirits. But 'tis in war that the knot of fellowship is closest drawn. 'Tis in war... | |
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As long as mankind," says Gibbon, " shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters."^; " 'Tis strange to imagine," says the... 
