...wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds and darkness re*t upon it Here will 1 hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there...happy But when? Or where? This world was made for Cesar I'm weary of conjectures this must end them. „., . , ,, ,, .„ \.Laying his hand on hit HWti....

...lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud...happy. But when ? or where ?—This world was made for Thus am I doubly arm'd. My death and life, My bane and antidote are both before me. This in a moment...

...weeks' daily examination. This my little book had for its motto, these lines from Addison's Cato : u Here will I hold; If there's a Power above us, (And...Virtue $ And that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " O Vita Philosophia Dux! O Virtutum indagatrix fipultrixque vitiorum ! Unus Dies...

...that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a Power above us, And that there is, all...virtue, And that which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimity : the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately...

...must we pass 1 The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. — • Here will I hold : If there's a power...? or where ? — >This world was made for Caesar. — I 'm weary of conjectures : This must end 'cm. [Laying his hand on /iis Thus am I doubly arm 'd...

...hindurch." Ungenaues Zitat aus „Cato" von Joseph Addison (172-1719). Die Stelle lautet im Original: „If there's a power above us, (And that there is...through all her works) he must delight in virtue." 162 „Schabbat". niedergeschlagen, daß meine Lage mit Thränen herausgepreßt hat. Hatte ich keine...

...Roman People, may now be very justly apply'd to our own Nation.' Here will I hold. If there's a Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her Worl,s) He must delight in Virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy. 'This will be allowed,...

...which was written by one of the best and most pious men of the last age, I would say in his words: If there's a power above us, (And that there is all...cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.3 And the question what that virtue is, in which a benevolent and omnipotent being must delight,...

...thirteen weeks' daily examination. This my little book had for its motto these lines from Addison's Cato: Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Thro ' all her works), He must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy. Another...

...authors: Here will I hold—If there is a Pow'r above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud, Thro' all her Works), He must delight in Virtue And that which he delights in must be Happy. 43 Most immediately, the sentiment expressed in this passage suggests that Franklin had come full circle...