 | Theology - 1862 - 616 pages
...tabernacle for my God, tar away from the conlmee of Egypt. If you forgive me, I ri-juice ; it' you aro angry, I can bear it. The die is cast ; the book is...written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care m>t which. It may be well to wait a century for a reader, aa God has waited els: thousaud years lor... | |
 | 1862 - 710 pages
...pathetic words of the immortal Kepler,—' The die is cast, the book is written, either to be read now or by posterity ; I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited 6000 years for an observer.' " (P. 30.) But it is not our intention... | |
 | 1862 - 710 pages
...pathetic words of the immortal Kepler, — ' The die is cast, the book is written, either to be read now or by posterity ; I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited 6000 years for an observer.' " (P. 30.) But it is not our intention... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - Essays - 1864 - 424 pages
...gaze on, burst out upon me. Nothing holds me ; I indulge my sacred fury ! I triumph over mankind ! The die is cast ; the book is written, — to be read,...posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has been waiting six thousand years for an observer !' And yet this man was no... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - Essays - 1864 - 400 pages
...gaze on, burst out upon me. Nothing holds me ; I indulge my sacred fury ! I triumph over mankind ! The die is cast ; the book is written, — to be read,...posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has been waiting six thousand years for an observer!' And yet this man was no... | |
 | William King Tweedie - Biography - 1864 - 482 pages
...his life in "The Library of Useful Knowledge," or Sir David Brewster's "Martyrs of ScloD.ce." you arc angry, I can bear it. The die is cast ; the book is...read either now or by posterity, I care not which. I may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for a discoverer."*... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - Christianity - 1864 - 472 pages
...holds me; I indulge my sacred fury! I triumph over mankind ! The die is cast; the book is written,—to be read, either now, or by posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has been waiting six thousand years for an observer !" And yet this man was no... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 pages
...philosopher, in the wild excitement of his glorious triumph, exclaims : — " Nothing holds me. I will indulge my sacred fury ! If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if...posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer!" More than two hundred years... | |
 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Astronomy - 1867 - 362 pages
...rejoice ; if you are angry I can bear it. The die is cast. The book is written, to be read either novi, or by posterity, I care not which. — It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer ! " More than two hundred years... | |
 | 1868 - 360 pages
...at last, led him to exclaim, in the grandeur of inspiration : — " Nothing holds me. I will indulge my sacred fury ! If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if...posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In like manner our Harvey,... | |
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If you forgive me, I rejoice; if you are angry, I can bear it: the die is cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. 
