 | 1907 - 584 σελίδες
...centuries drew towards the Renaissance. But whence did Italy derive her magic ? An eloquent writer has said that ' except ' the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world that is ' not Greek in its origin,' and in sympathy with the spirit of this assertion, one is instant... | |
 | M. KEMPSON - 1866 - 472 σελίδες
...against the philosophy which finds expression in another statement in the same eloquent peroration, — "Except the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin," as blindly ignoring that Omnipotence " which shapes our ends, Bough hew them how we will" SECTION IX.'-BOOKS.... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1895 - 1454 σελίδες
...been implanted from outside? If it be an exaggeration at all, it is a splendid one of Sir Henry Maine, that, except the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin. How then is it to be expected that contact merely political between countries separated by half the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1876 - 442 σελίδες
...not backwards and downwards — of destruction tending to construction. That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin. A ferment spreading from that source has vitalised all the great progressive races of mankind, penetrating... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1876 - 432 σελίδες
...not backwards and downwards — of destruction tending to construction. That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin. A ferment spreading from that source has vitalised all the great progressive races of mankind, penetrating... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1877 - 574 σελίδες
...true, as a writer no less sober in his philosophy than eloquent in his language has lately asserted, that, ' except the blind forces of nature, nothing...moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin/ HELLENIC INSPIRATION. 113 we are justified in regarding the point of contact between the Greek teacher... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1877 - 576 σελίδες
...true, as a writer no less sober in his philosophy than eloquent in his language has lately asserted, that, ' except the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin,1 HELLENIC INSPIRATION. 113 we are justified in regarding the point of contact between the Greek... | |
 | 1907 - 700 σελίδες
...so as to attempt the Romance languages without some knowledge of Latin. Sir Henry Main has said, " Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin." This is a strong claim, nevertheless Greece has ever been a dominant factor in history, and an appreciative... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1885 - 674 σελίδες
...true, as a writer no less sober in his philosophy than eloquent in his language has lately asserted, that, ' except the blind forces of nature, nothing...moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin/ we are justified in regarding the point of contact between the Greek teacher Chrysoloras and his Florentine... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1886 - 550 σελίδες
...knowledge extends, there was only one society in which it was endemic. That people was the Greeks. Except the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin. It is only fair to add that Sir Henry Maine does not credit democratical government with the power... | |
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That people was the Greek. Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin. 
