“Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven; And bright with beckoning angelsbut alas! We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams, By the first step, dull slumbering on the earth.” FirstsArtPhilosophyDreamEarthHeavenStepsAngelTheeDullReachingFirst StepsSublimeAlasLaddersBeckoningPatriarch Author:Alan Judd
“Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings of contemplation the Ladder of Jacob composed of brilliant stones, by which God descends to Earth and man ascends to Heaven, till Earth and Heaven, and God and man, burning together in a conflagration of infinite charity, are transmuted into one.” MenEarthTogetherHeavenTaughtStonesInfiniteWingsCharityBrilliantBurningContemplationLaddersJacobTranscending Author:Juan Donoso Cortes
“Sometime in the first billion years, life appeared on the earth's surface. Slowly, the fossil record indicates, living organisms climbed the ladder from simple to more advanced forms.” YearsFirstsEarthFormSimpleRecordsSurfaceBillionsOrganismsFossilsLaddersLiving Organisms Book:White Dwarfs: Man's Descent from the Stars Source: White Dwarfs: Man's Descent from the Stars