 | 1851 - 592 pages
...the sentiment was wrong, and that, in the utterance of it, I penned what was most outrageously wrong. Strangely blinded that I was ! What, Sir, is the object...magnitude. But then, Sir, I had forgotten two magnitudes— \ thought not of the littleness of time — I recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity.'... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...sentiment was wrong, and that in giving utterance to it I penned what was most outrageously wrong. Strangely blinded that I was ! What, sir, is the object...recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity ! " About the year 1809 he was engaged in writing the article " Christianity," for Brewster's "Edinburgh... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 688 pages
...ignorance and pride, blinded as I was ; but then, sir, I had forgotten two proportions of magnitude, — I thought not of the littleness of time — I recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity." We consider it, indeed, a privilege, one of great price and great use, to look into the daily workings... | |
 | William Hanna - 1851 - 562 pages
...the sentiment was wrong, and that, in the utterance of it, I penned what was most outrageously wrong. Strangely blinded that I was ! What, Sir, is the object...recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity !"* For a moment or two after the last words were spoken a death-like stillness reigned throughout... | |
 | 1851 - 508 pages
...the sentiment was wrong, and that, in the utterance of it, I penned what was most outrageously wrong. Strangely blinded that I was ! What, sir, is the object...recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity !" (78). We have only room for one other extract, taken from Dr. Chalmers's evidence before the Poor... | |
 | 1851 - 636 pages
...that, in the utterance of it, I penned what was most outrageously wrong. Strangely blinded that I was I What, sir, is the object of mathematical science?...magnitude. But then, sir, I had forgotten two magnitudes — 1 thought not of the littleness of time — I recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1852 - 592 pages
...the sentiment was wrong, and that in the utterance of it I penned what was most outrageously wrong. Strangely blinded that I was ! "What, sir, is the...recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity.' The line which Chalmers henceforth took up was that of a reformer of abuses in the church and in the... | |
 | Biography - 1852 - 318 pages
...the sentiment was wrong, and that, in the utterance of it, I penned what was most outrageously wrong. Strangely blinded that I was ! What, sir, is the object...recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity." This is a beautiful instance of Chalmers's thorough honesty. He had little of finesse ; and although... | |
 | Evangelistic work - 1852 - 294 pages
...What, Sir, is the ohject of mathematical science? Magnitude, and the proposition of magnitudes; hut then, Sir, I had forgotten two magnitudes; I thought...recklessly thought not of the greatness of eternity.' " Now, he (Mr. D.) thought that in some such spirit as this we ought to look at the work of the Town... | |
 | 1852 - 784 pages
...the sentiment was wrong, and that, in the utterance of it, I penned what was most outrageously wrong. Strangely blinded that I was ! What, Sir, is the object...science ? Magnitude, and the proportions of magnitude. Hut linn, Sir, I had forgotten two magnitudes— I thought not of the littleness of time — I recklessly... | |
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... attention to the study of mathematics was not dissonant to the proper habits of a clergyman. Alas ! sir, so I thought in my ignorance and pride. I have now no reserve in saying that the sentiment was wrong, and that, in the utterance of it, I penned... 
