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There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist- Then he was a MAN and a Positivist.— MORTIMER COLLINS — The British Birds. St. 5.
Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!— ABRAHAM COWLEY — Ode on Life and Fame. L. 18.
An honest man, close-buttoned to the chin, Broadcloth without, and a warm heart within.— COWPER — Epistle to Joseph Hill.
But strive still to be a man before your mother. S.— COWPER — Motto of No. 111. Connoisseur.
So man, the moth, is not afraid, it seems, To span Omnipotence, and measure might That knows no measure, by the scanty rule And standard of his own, that is to-day, And is not ere to-morrow's sun go down.— COWPER — The Task. Bk. VI. L. 211.
Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!— SAM'L DANIEL — Epistle to the Countess of Cumberland. St. 12.
A sacred spark created by his breath, The immortal mind of man his image bears; A spirit living 'midst the forms of death, Oppressed, but not subdued, by mortal cares.— SIR H. DAVY — Written After Recovery
from a Dangerous Illness. His tribe were God Almighty's men.— DRYDEN — Absalom and Achitophel. Pt. I. L. 645.
This is the porcelain clay of humankind.— DRYDEN — Don Sebastian. Act I. Sc. 1.
X. A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul, Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.— EMERSON — Essays. History.
Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light.— JOHN FLETCHER — Upon an Honest Man's Fortune. L. 33.
Stood I, O Nature! man alone in thee, Then were it worth one's while a man to be.— GOETHE — Faust.
aa. Lords of humankind.— GOLDSMITH — The Traveller. L. 327.
Man is all symmetrie, Full of proportions, one limbe to another, And all to all the world besides : Each part may call the farthest, brother: For head with foot hath privite amitie, And both with moons and tides.— HERBERT — The Temple. The Church.
Man. Man is one world, and hath Another to attend him. HERBERT The Temple. The Church. Man, Forget the brother and resume the man.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. IV. L. 732.
Pope's trans. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, - Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive; and successive rise.— HOMER — Iliad. Bk. 6. L. 181.
Pope's trans. The fool of fate, thy manufacture, man.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. 20. L. 254.
Pope's trans. Man dwells apart, though not alone, He walks among his peers unread; The best of thoughts which he hath known For lack of listeners are not said.— JEAN INGELOW — Afternoon at a
Parsonage. Afterthought. Man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.— WASHINGTON IRVING — The Sketch
Book. Westminster Abbey. The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.— MRS. JAMESON — Memoirs and Essays.
Washington Allston. Where soil is, men grow, Whether to weeds or flowers.— KEATS — Endymion. Bk. II.
Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.— LAMARTINE — Second Meditations.
As man; false man, smiling destructive man.— NATHANIEL LEE — Theodosius. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 50.
A man of mark.— LONGFELLOW — Tales of a Wayside Inn. Pt. I. The Musician's Tale. Saga of King Olaf. Pt. IX. St. 2.