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The Expositor, 1876, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

The Expositor, 1876, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Samuel Cox
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Excerpt from The Expositor, 1876Nor is it divines and expositors alone who have been fascinated by the spell Of this sublime Poem. It is hardly possible to speak Of it to an educated and thoughtful man who does not acknowledge its extraordinary power, its unrivalled excellence; while men of genius, to whom the greatest works Of lite rature in many languages are familiar, are forward to confess that it stands alone, far above the head Of all other and similar performance. Thus, Thomas Carlyle, our greatest living author, who can hardly be suspected of any clerical bias or prepossessions, says of this 1 I call that, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen. One feels, indeed, as if it were not Hebrew; such a noble universality, different from noble patriotism or noble sectarianism, reigns in it. A noble Book; all men's Book! It is our oldest statement Of the never-ending Problem....
Language
English
Pages
490
Format
Hardcover
Release
August 24, 2018
ISBN 13
9780265680759

The Expositor, 1876, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Samuel Cox
0/5 ( ratings)
Excerpt from The Expositor, 1876Nor is it divines and expositors alone who have been fascinated by the spell Of this sublime Poem. It is hardly possible to speak Of it to an educated and thoughtful man who does not acknowledge its extraordinary power, its unrivalled excellence; while men of genius, to whom the greatest works Of lite rature in many languages are familiar, are forward to confess that it stands alone, far above the head Of all other and similar performance. Thus, Thomas Carlyle, our greatest living author, who can hardly be suspected of any clerical bias or prepossessions, says of this 1 I call that, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen. One feels, indeed, as if it were not Hebrew; such a noble universality, different from noble patriotism or noble sectarianism, reigns in it. A noble Book; all men's Book! It is our oldest statement Of the never-ending Problem....
Language
English
Pages
490
Format
Hardcover
Release
August 24, 2018
ISBN 13
9780265680759

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