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...its. Y our joys, I know them all too well, and, like the sated emperors of pagan Rome, I have reached disgust of all things; I have received the gift ... ... human philosophies pile mountain upon mountain of words and of ideas, let religions accumulate images and be- liefs, revelations and mysteries, you m... ...ls to which He subjects us? What is this alternative offered to man by all religions,—either to boil in some eternal cauldron or to walk in white robe... ...e robes, a palm in his hand and a halo round his head? Can it be that this pagan invention is the final word of God? Where is the generous soul who do... ...the calculating virtue which seeks the eternity of pleasure offered by all religions to whoever fulfils at stray moments certain fanciful and often un... ...annot perceive Him, can the dead find Him? Crumble, ye idola- tries and ye religions! Fall, feeble keystones of all social arches, powerless to retard... ...d, God exists no longer. These two sources, from which have flowed all the religions for whose triumph Earth has toiled and prayed, are equally per- n...

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...s Fantasy and Force, and we have Philosophies, Dynasties, nay Poetries and Religions! “Young Diogenes, or rather young Gneschen, for by such diminutiv... ...echanical, political, religious, edu- cational, commercial departments? In Pagan countries, cannot one write Fetishes? Living! Little knowest thou wha... ...s Sym- bols. Various enough have been such religious Symbols, what we call Religions; as men stood in this stage of culture or the other, and could wo... ... gathering round them whosoever is Drudgical, be he Chris- tian or Infidel Pagan; sweeping up likewise all manner of 202 Sartor Resartus Utilitarians...

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...hristian sects are tainted, tainted to a degree beyond any of the anterior paganisms, with this same hateful qual- ity. It is their exclusive claim th... ...se pilgrims we got to a comparative treat- 60 The New Machiavelli ment of religions, and from that, by a sudden plunge, to entirely sceptical and dis... ...bby houses of assignation, was what we had made out of the sug- gestion of pagan beauty; this was the reality of our vision of nymphs and satyrs danci... ...led at! And when we found that the thing they called unclean, unclean, was Pagan beauty—God! it was a glory to sin, Britten, it was a pride and splend...

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...s their “religious duty ,” so the Major always expressed it, “it was their religions duty to have supported him.” At no time was the old soldier an ad... ...gospel ministry , and have been called from out a multitude of sinners and pagans, and, I trust. for a wise and gracious purpose. Do you now feel 383... ... not blow away with the winds. “ “ Ah! he has abandoned that vain relic of paganism, his songs,” cried the divine; “ what says he now? is he sensible ...

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...ants addressed to the peoples in the name of God and liberty? “God for men—religions for women,” he muttered sometimes. In Sicily, an Englishman who h... ...g anger, and witnessing violence. For her soul was light and tender with a pagan sincerity in its impulses. She murmured— “Give up the palazzo, Giovan...

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... the devotee, who seemed to be praying in a sing-song or else singing some pagan psalmody or other, dur- ing which his face twitched about in the most... ...nge- ness, to those which I experienced on waking up and seeing Queequeg’s pagan arm thrown round me. But at length all the past night’s events soberl... ... devils. And besides all this, there was a certain lofty bearing about the Pagan, which even his uncouthness could not alto- gether maim. He looked li... ...lled most others, they were the very magnets that thus drew me. I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow cou... ...f there yet lurked any ice of indifference towards me in the 60 Moby Dick Pagan’s breast, this pleasant, genial smoke we had, soon thawed it out, and... ...me.” I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the present time, du... ... milk-white steeds; though even in the higher mysteries of the most august religions it has been made the symbol of the divine spotlessness and power;...

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...s of pacific intercourse which a warlike life admitted. The distinction of religions, nay, the fanatical zeal which animated the followers of the Cros... ...ened his lips and dipped his hands in the living fountain, and said to his pagan associate of the jour- ney, “I would I knew the name of this deliciou... ...h may distin- guish unchristened man, and give it to Giles Amaury, a worse pagan than himself, an idolater, a devil-worshipper, a necro- mancer, who p... ...ion of fever in this overflow of confidence, “bethink you, the Soldan is a pagan, and that you are his most formidable enemy—” “For which reason he is... ... cases, extracted from the basest materials. Men may use the assistance of pagans and infidels,” he continued, “in their need, and there is reason to ... ...which the blessed Apostle Paul sailed to Italy, the sailors were doubtless pagans; yet what said the holy saint when their ministry was needful? — ‘Ni...

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...ils about with drums at their head. The masters have no more religion than pagans. And they put the poor lads in uniform, as if they were troops. What... ...great mis- fortune happens, charity, which is divine love, and as blind as pagan love, ought not to look into the causes of it. Niece, you are preside... ...and who desired the destruction of the aristocracy and the Church,—the two religions of the house of Cormon. With all her feelings bruised and immolat...

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... and unseen Father of the spiritual body. Nay, considering that even false religions, as those of Pagan my- thology, have probably never been utterly ... ...he spiritual body. Nay, considering that even false religions, as those of Pagan my- thology, have probably never been utterly stripped of all ves- ti... ...n sight of that very temple which he had polluted. Let us not suppose that Paganism, or Pagan nations, were therefore excluded from the concern and te... ... to that of the con- science. Now, for a rude and uncultivated people, the Pagan mythology might not be too gross to discharge the main functions of a... ...l religion. So long as the understanding could submit to the fables of the Pagan creed, so long it was possible that the hopes and fears built upon th... ...ct the prayers of his devo- tees, there is no such wide chasm between this pagan supersti- tion and the adoration of saints in the Romish church, as a...

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...iants of the men’s belief for the elevation of their sisters. Churches and religions would war over it. Between the hailing and re-starting of an omni... ...erve was on the strain. He spoke of their leader, the red-haired man, as a pagan speaks of his God; for it was he who cheered them and slew them impar...

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...mte de Saint-Yves! All addressed me softly, like folk round a sickbed. Our Italian corporal, who had got a dozen of oysters from a fishwife, laid them... ...e—I mean, Ramornie.’ I dissuaded him: alleging that he would find me very im- perfectly informed as to the grounds and doctrines of the Church, and th...

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...efs? Is there any so fan- tastic opinion (omitting the gross impostures of religions, with which we see so many great nations, and so many un- derstan... ...nature by massacre and murder: an opinion universally once received in all religions. And still, in these later times wherein our fathers lived, Amura... ...ein they are so devout: a thing incredible to such as do not know that the Pagans, who are so zealous idolaters, know nothing more of their gods than ...

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...re has proved unsuccessful; and after all the various changes of times and religions, his gods continue to this day the gods of poetry. We come now to... ...pe 205 The destinies ordain.—“In the mythology, also, of the Iliad, purely Pagan as it is, we discover one important truth unconsciously involved, whi...

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...manded, or by doing what He has expressly forbidden. And let our different religions be what they will, this general principle is readily owned by us ... ...onate concern which you show for the turning of the poor people from their paganism to the Christian religion; but how does this comfort you, while th... ...lvation? so that you esteem these but heretics, as effectually lost as the pagans themselves.” T o this he answered, with abundance of candour, thus: ... ...onsists with me as a Roman to dis- tinguish far between a Protestant and a pagan; between one that calls on Jesus Christ, though in a way which I do n... ...ey were all to be Protestants at first, rather than they should con- tinue pagans or heathens; firmly believing, that He that had bestowed the first l... ... do, and spending our time in staring at the nonsense and ignorance of the Pagans?” – “Why , truly ,” said I, “my friend, I think it is, and I begin t...

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... He bore with the infirmity of Israel when the people halted be- tween two religions. Was not God patient with us also while we were blindfolded by th... ...y, no cost is spared. T rue religion is ever in need of money, while false religions are backed by wealth. VERSE 11. But when Peter was come to Antio... ...s biggest monster, renders God a real service, a bet- ter service than the religions of all races and all the drudgery of meritorious monks can render... ...r old or new heretic. There may be a difference of persons, places, rites, religions, ceremonies, but as far as their fundamental beliefs are concerne... ...the world are clearly seen.” (Romans 1:19, 20.) Furthermore, the different religions to be found among all nations at all times bear witness to the fa... ...ess can get along with forward and difficult persons, according to the old pagan saying: “Y ou must know the man- ners of your friends, but you must n...

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...oys as there are months in the year, in imitation of the Sieur Hercules, a pagan baron. For the last twenty days,” he went on (thinking that matters w... ... its sublime peregrination through the ocean of ideas, methods, varieties, religions, wisdom, and human trickeries, at least their worship is unalloye... ...he poor poet, “Where are your tales? Where are your new volumes? You are a pagan prognosticator. Oh yes, you are known. You go to fetes and feasts, an...

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... ing life which I have led, to have heard different preachers of different religions—as for example, Lutheran, Evangelical, Reformed, Calvinistical, a... ...ge. For my part, I believe these Highlanders to be no better than absolute pagans, and have been much scandalized by the manner in which my acquain- t...

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...s, and then the Guises against the Calvinists. Next, after pitting the two religions against each other in the heart of the nation, Catherine instigat... ...l me all, without reserve. If you deceive me you will be treated severely. Pagans or Christians, Calvinists or Mo- hammedans, you have my royal word t... ...ke. We place the Creator of all things far higher than the sphere to which religions have degraded Him. Do not accuse of athe- ism those who look for ...

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... note, having attacked (we think most justly) the “Essay on Man” as a mere Pagan prolusion—a thin philosophical smile cast on the Gordian knot of the ... ...was a strange off- shoot from Alchemy, and made up in equal proportions of Pagan Platonism, Christian Quietism, and Jewish Mysticism. See Bulwer’s ‘Za... ...Monsieur.’ 3 Obscure by birth, renown’d by crimes, Still changing names, religions, climes, At length she turns a bride: In diamonds, pearls, ...

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...cer, water spouted from the sacred breasts; drinks of it, with an eloquent Pagan Prayer, beginning, “O Nature!” and all the Departmental Deputies drin... ..., is burnt; pontifical eloquence must be uttered, by handsome Herault, and Pagan orisons offered up. And then forward across the River; where is new e... ...s Evidences of the Mahometan Religion, ‘a work evincing the nullity of all Religions, ’—with thanks. There shall be Universal Republic now, thinks Clo...