...satisfied with this material worship ; they feel that all these things are beneath them, and that " unless above himself he can exalt himself, how mean a thing is man." The spark of spiritual existence burns brightly within them ; it cannot rest until it find fellowship...

...too exactly like those of the lower animals 'II have said, and say again, with good old Vaughan, — Unless above himself he can Exalt himself, how mean a thing is man ! But I cannot forget that many an old Greek poet or sage, and many a sixteenth and seventeenth century...

...point of view in which it has no more importance than other individualities ; or, at least, in which all its importance is derived from its relation to...consciousness with which it is linked and bound up. Now this view of self-consciousness, as objective in spite of its subjectivity, universal in spite...

...but too exactly like those of the lower animals ? I have said, and say again, with good old Vaughan : Unless above himself he can Exalt himself, how mean a thing is man. But I cannot forget that many an old Greek poet or sage, and many a sixteenth and seventeenth century...

...but too exactly like those of the lower animals ? I have said, and say again, with good old Vaughan : Unless above himself he can Exalt himself, how mean a thing is man. But I cannot forget that many an old Greek poet or sage, and many a sixteenth and seventeenth century...

...too exactly like those of the lower animals ? I have said, and say again, with good old Vaughan — "Unless above himself he can Exalt himself, how mean a thing is man.1* But I cannot forget that many an old Greek poet or sage, and many a sixteenth and seventeenth...

...stage which he has at any moment reached, and a straining towards an ideal which is not present. " Unless above himself he can Exalt himself, how mean a thing is man ! " In this phrase we have the whole gist of his peculiar position expressed. He is the only creature...

...Utopian perhaps—I do not know. But even if it be, what is there to blame in this divine discontent ? " Unless above himself he can Exalt himself, how mean a thing is man! " How are these longings to be gratified?—how are they to be even partially realized, while this...

...satisfaction. To this we can only answer by referring to the third element of our consciousness — "Unless above himself he can Exalt himself, how mean a thing is man." There is necessarily present in us, iu virtue of the very fact that our inner and our outer lives stand...

...process of uttering self, and outering self in the world objective to itself. The poet again asserts: "Unless above himself he can exalt himself, how mean a thing is man." To think is to reach down below the surface of things, and to connect their ultimate reality. Dr. Campbell...