...earth at least was the ladder without which we could not have climbed to heaven ? Browning says, — " As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry, ' All good...soul helps flesh more now than flesh helps soul.' " And was not this thought borrowed from Paul ? " For all things are yours, — or the world, or life,...

...physical and spiritual, will be full of the spirit of God. So sings one of Browning's sages : — " Let us not always say, ' Spite of this flesh, to-day...head, gained ground, upon the whole ! ' As the bird sings and wings, Let us cry, 'All good things Are ours ; nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh...

...prize might hold To match those manifold Possessions of the brute, — gain most, as we did best ! XII. Let us not always say, " Spite of this flesh to-day...soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul ! " xin. Therefore I summon age To grant youth's heritage, Life's struggle having so far reached its...

...be good. Both of those two injunctions are reasonable, and both are binding on us all. V. 229, 2 JO. As the bird wings and sings Let us cry: all good things...nor soul helps flesh more now than flesh helps soul. BROWNING. TO how many a saint the day and place where he first heard God's voice will be earth's one...

...evil, so much good more ; On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven, a perfect round." Abt Vogler. " Let us cry ' All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul ! ' " Rabbi Ben Ezra. " My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ;...

...evil, so much good more ; On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven, a perfect round." Abt Vogler. " Let us cry ' All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps sou] ! ' " Rabbi Ben Ezra. "My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched...

...Ninth. Praise be Thine! I see the whole design, I who saw power, see now love perfect too. August Tenth. Spite of this flesh to-day I strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole! August Eleventh. As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry, " All good things Are ours, nor soul helps...

...rather, provoke the "divine discontent" that leads to all high endeavor, to all growth. Browning says : Let us cry, All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh, now, more than flesh helps soul. APPENDIX. EXPLANATORY. OINCE the manuscript for this book was written,...

...I was a man ! Maker, remake, complete, — I trust what Thou shalt do!" • •• ••••• Let us not always say " Spite of this flesh to-day...soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul!" • • •••••• As it was better, youth Should strive, through acts uncouth, Toward making,...

...passionate; no virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic,' — or those other words of Rabbi Ben Ezra, ' Let us not always say, Spite of this flesh to-day...soul helps flesh more now than flesh helps soul.'" How fresh this seems — how full of the sweet, sharp breath of the new day ! but here, too, Pope after...