...human mind to wisdom." It is the prerogative of man, that he has the power of self-supervision, "and unless above himself, he can erect himself, how poor a thing is he !" The faculty which thus distinguishes him is reason, the God-likeness of his being. Other faculties...

...but all their power and progress only give new emphasis to the exclamation of the sage poet: " * * Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!" In view of the uncertainty that rested on his prospects, arising from the hostility of both English...

...one all-powerful compensation at once for the evils of our condition, and for the hopes we renounce. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man. The difficulties which surround us must become the materials which we use to rise above them. We may...

...have misgivings, and to feel, in the words of a truly moral poet who had gone before him, — " That unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " He witnessed the ecclesiastical ferment of his times, — affairs of church entangled with affairs...

...that we too may become beautiful and holy. Or in the quaint words of a writer of olden days, — . " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man 1 " Still farther, it is our duty in this world, full of God's love and majesty, to become nobler and...

...lasts, shall we altogether lose the memory of that strange dream of mine. THE SELF-SEEE, CHAPTER I. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man! — WORDSWORTH. HERMAN WALDHOF was indulging in a love-reverie. He sat, leaning his chin upon his hand,...

...passage would have been too " palpably inapplicable even for his controversial " license. '"And that, unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ; And how turmoiled they are that level lie With earth, and cannot lift themselves from thence, And...

...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!'* " Happy is he who lives to understand Not human nature only, but explores All natures, to the end that...

...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress; And that, unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! *••••• And this note, Madam, of your worthiness Remains recorded in so many hearts, As...

...self-sustenation, are only single items in the large and comprehensive category of human duties and obligations. " Unless above himself, he can erect himself, How poor a thing is man." And this is equally true with regard to Liberian black Christians. Do not think that I pretend to say...