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" There is, I know not how, in the minds of men, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence; and this takes the deepest root, and is most discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls. "
Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an Essay on ... - Page 254
by Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 343 pages
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Cicero's Three Books Of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ethics - 1856 - 430 pages
...Cicero thus expresses himself: "There is, I know not how, in minds, a certain presage as it were, oa future existence. And this takes the deepest root, and is most discoverable in the greatest geniuses und most exalted minds." It wan naturally to be expected that far more distinct and elevated views...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others].

Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...There Is, I know not how, in minds a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence : this has the deepest root, and Is most discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exulted eouls. " To THE SPECTATOR. " SIR, " I AH fully persuaded that one of the best springs of generous...
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Many thoughts of many minds. Compiled by H. Southgate

Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...boston. ETEBNITY— believed in by all great Minds. There is, I know not how, in the minds of mon, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence...discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls. Cicero. ETEBNTTY— Preparing for. It is not in the heyday of health and enjoyment, — it is...
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The Works of Joseph Addison Complete in Three Volumes Embracing ..., Volume 1

Joseph Addison - English essays - 1864 - 472 pages
...in maxiinis ingeniis altissimisque animis et existit maxime, et apparet facillime. Cic. Tusc. Quest, There is, I know not how, in minds a certain presage...discoverable in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls. ' To the Spectator. ' SIR, — I am fully persuaded that one of the best springs of generous...
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The Mystery of the Soul: a Search Into Man's Origin, Nature, and Destiny

Stephen Watson Fullom - Soul - 1865 - 324 pages
...not how, in the minds of men, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence," says Cicero, " and this takes the deepest root, and is most discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls." What proof can we receive beyond the united assurance of religion, nature, history, instinct,...
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Broken Links and Southern Soldiers: With Miscellaneous Sketches and Poems

Laura A. Colbert - 1873 - 284 pages
...pointing to the heights of immortality. Cicero said: "There is, I know not how, in the minds of men, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence...discoverable in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls." Addison, catching the same strain, writes : " If 't is a dream, let me enjoy it, since it makes...
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Where are the dead? or, Spiritualism explained. By Fritz

Frederick Altona Binney - 1873 - 238 pages
...if any, progress since the time when Cicero wrote—" There is, I know not how, in the minds of men a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence,...discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls." If we turn to the Bible we certainly find some assurance of our immortality, but R are left...
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Public Ledger Almanacs. For ... 1870-73

Almanacs, American - 1881 - 946 pages
...rhigoline, one of the lightest of the petroleum naphthas, more effective even men," says Cicero, " a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence...takes the deepest root and is most discoverable in the than cocoaine, but the effects are less lasting. greatest geniuses and most exalted souls." May 28....
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The new handbook of illustration; or, Treasury of themes, meditations [&c ...

E S. P - 1874 - 588 pages
...ocean.— Robert Hall. TНЕRE is, I know not how, in the minds of men, a certain presage as it wero of a future existence, and this takes the deepest root and is most discoverable in the greatest geninses and most exalted souls.— Cieero. Comprehension of Eternity. None can comprehend eternity...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...animal sacrifices. BURKE: Abridgment of English History. There is, I know not how, in the minds of men, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence;...discoverable in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls. ClCERO. To treat a subject so interesting and momentous with levity or indifference — to exert...
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