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Ainger, Alfred
1837–1904
1837–1904
1
No flowers, by request.
summarizing the principle of conciseness for contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography
No flowers, by request.
summarizing the principle of conciseness for contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography
Supplement to the Dictionary of National Biography 1901–1911
(1912)
Ainger, Arthur Campbell
1841–1919
1841–1919
1
God is working his purpose out as year succeeds to year;
God is working his purpose out and the time is drawing near;
Nearer and nearer draws the time, the time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea.
God is working his purpose out as year succeeds to year;
God is working his purpose out and the time is drawing near;
Nearer and nearer draws the time, the time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea.
"God is working his purpose out" (1894 hymn)
Alain
(
Émile-Auguste Chartier
) 1868–1951
(
Émile-Auguste Chartier
) 1868–1951
1
Rien n'est plus dangereux qu'une idée, quand on n'a qu'une idée.Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.
Rien n'est plus dangereux qu'une idée, quand on n'a qu'une idée.Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.
Propos sur la religion
(1938) no. 74
Alcuin
c.
735–804
c.
735–804
1
Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.
Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.
letter 164 in
Works
(1863) vol. 1.
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