 | Marcus Dods - 1877 - 256 стор.
...the Positivist offset to personal annihilation so winningly presented by George Eliot : — " O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who...rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the nightlike stars, 1 Contemporary Review, January, 1877. And with... | |
 | 1878 - 298 стор.
...of God. It is a modern sect in Hindustan, which accepts the best portions of all religions. OH may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who...rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search... | |
 | Robert Shelton Bate - 1878 - 370 стор.
...immortality, his notion of it is only that of living in the minds of others in subsequent ages : — ' O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead, who...live again In minds made better by their presence : So to live is heaven.' His notion of a heaven, you see, is limited to a life of immortality among... | |
 | 1878 - 592 стор.
...The homily is apt to close with a whispered prayer, just loud enough to be overheard, that he "may join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again in souls made better by their presence." By this time the objector is heartily ashamed of himself ; and... | |
 | 1880 - 592 стор.
...all his labor which he taketh under the sun ? " let us rather sing with George Eliot : — "Oh, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who...rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sub imc, that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search... | |
 | 1888 - 658 стор.
...view in our literature is that wonderfully sweet and beautiful " Choir Invisible " : — " O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who...rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1879 - 978 стор.
...great simplicity. His pupils in every part of the civilized world will indeed account him as one " Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made...daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end witli self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And, with their mild persistence,... | |
 | Thomas Watters - 1879 - 302 стор.
...in his theories, yet the good results of his life and doctrines remain imperishable, He has joined " the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence ; lire In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1879 - 950 стор.
...searcher after truth, to imitate him in that, and avoid what they believe to have been his errors. " Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pnlses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn Kor miserable aims that end with... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1879 - 368 стор.
...faithful unto death. Here is a motive to right-doing which has in it no taint of selfishness. " Oh may we join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In lives made better by their presence !" Welcome the controversy which will force a thousand men to ask,... | |
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MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that... 
