“That in these times every serious person should not in his heart have felt some difliculty with the doctrines of the incarnation, I cannot helieve. We are not as we were. When Christianity was first published, the imagination of mankind presented the relation of heaven to earth very differently from what it does now.” ShouldFirstsHeartPersonsDoeEarthHeavenFeltImaginationChristianityMankindSeriousRelationDoctrineIncarnationSerious Person Author:James Anthony Froude
“There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county.” IfsThinkingMenWorldWayShouldHeartMayPersonsDoeSpiritUnderstandingUnitedGraceParticularHe ManSonThousandCreaturesEqualPerfectionRelationFortuneMannersBelongingCountyEldestEldest Son Book:Jane Austen's correspondence and letters: The complete and definitive edition Source: Jane Austen's correspondence and letters: The complete and definitive edition
“I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence, even a corrupting influence ... penetrated my heart with a fierce little sting of pleasure.” HumansHeartLittlesIdeasMightPleasureInfluenceMy HeartConcernedRelationFierceHuman RelationsNonentity Book:The Rector of Justin: A Novel Source: The Rector of Justin: A Novel