...weapon which Nature has given them to fight with. This being the conclusion, namely, that " things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be," some of my readers, especially those in the New Forest, may ask, Why, then, say anything about it ?...

...has done, one has done, and there's an end of it. As a great prelate unforgettably said : " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be. Why, then, attempt to deceive ourselves " — that remorse for wickedness is a useful and praiseworthy exercise...

...One wishes that the Socialist agitators and the labor leaders could be got to read it. "For things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be; why then should we desire to be deceived?" At any rate, those who do not "desire to be deceived" will find much "dry light" in Mr. Holt's »On...

...One wishes that the Socialist agitators and the labor leaders could be got to read it. "For things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be; why then should we desire to be deceived?" At any rate, those who do not "desire to be deceived" will find much "dry light" in Mr. Holt's •On...

...facts themselves of the moral life. Bishop Butler's saying is aptly taken as the motto of the book : " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences...will be; why then should we desire to be deceived ? " The author's aim throughout is to exhibit morality as neither " a mystery nor a convention, but...

...morality is neither a mystery nor a convention, but simply an observance of the laws of provident living. "Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences...what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived?"1 This appeal, commonplace enough, but confident and true, sounds the note with which through...

...arrangements" in behalf of its institutions, contains no peril so great as its own self-doubting heart. "Things are what they are and the consequences of them will...will be; why then should we desire to be deceived ? " 1 That the deeper spirit of the South, responding to the forces that encompass us, will accept...

...mys- , tery nor a convention, but_sjmply_an .observance of the laws of ^provident living "Things and are what they are, and the consequences of them will...what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived?"1 This appeal, commonplace enough, but confident and true, sounds the note with which through...

...altogether a gratifying one. But I am much attached to that saying of Bishop Butler, "Things are as they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we deceive ourselves?" I see no occasion in these matters to be either optimist or pessimist. Much better...

...which they are enabled to rule these facts out ; or, more convenient still, quietly to ignore them. " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences...will be ; why then should we desire to be deceived ? " To all practical purposes, the gulf here between Mr Holland and the average orthodox Catholic of...