A Rebel As Well As a King
I say, by birth we are in a state of defect and want; we have not all that is necessary for the perfection of our nature. As the body is not complete in itself, but requires the soul to give it a meaning, so again the soul till God is present with it and manifested in it, has faculties and affections without a ruling principle, object, or purpose.
Christmas — Washington Irving I&E
—Ink and Echoes— Christmas Washington Irving —1820— A man might then beholdAt Christmas, in each hallGood fires to curb the cold,And meat for great and small.The neighbors were friendly bidden,And all had welcome true,The poor from the gates were not chiddenWhen this old cap was new. Nothing in England exercises a more delightful spell over […]
Eternal Education vs. Fashionable Fallacies
G.K. CHESTERTON
1910
—Ink and Echoes— Eternal Education vs. Fashionable Fallacies from What’s Wrong With the World G.K. Chesteron —1910— The fashionable fallacy is that by education we can give people something that we have not got. To hear people talk one would think it was some sort of magic chemistry, by which, out of a laborious hotchpotch […]
An Allegorical History of Rest and Labor
—Ink and Echoes— An Allegorical History of Rest & Labor Samuel Johnson —1750— Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t happen […]
No Insignificant Thing
—Ink and Echoes— Flowers G. H. Cranmer —1851— Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t happen again.) What a volume of […]
A Meditation on the Spring
—Ink and Echoes— A Meditation on the Spring Samuel Johnson —1750— Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t happen again.) Every […]
Seven Notes & the Mind of God
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
—1843—
—Ink and Echoes— Seven Notes & the Mind of God John Henry Newman —1843— Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t […]
On Betterments & Blunders
ALAN SULLIVAN
—1915—
—Ink and Echoes— On Betterments & Blunders Alan Sullivan —1915— Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t happen again.) To the […]
Eutrapelia And Other Modes of Conversation (Good & Bad)
FRANCIS DE SALES
—1609—
—Ink and Echoes— Eutrapelia And Other Modes of Conversation, Good & Bad Francis de Sales —1609— It is said that those who eat the plant called Angelica always have a sweet, pleasant breath, and those who cherish the angelic virtues of purity and modesty will always speak simply, courteously, and modestly. As to unclean and […]
The History of the Apple Tree
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
—1862—
—Ink and Echoes— The History of the Apple Tree Henry David Thoreau —1862— It is remarkable how closely the history of the Apple-tree is connected with that of man. The geologist tells us that the order of the Rosaceae, which includes the Apple, also the true Grasses, and the Labiatae or Mints, were introduced only a short time […]