Say what men may, it is doctrine that moves the world. He who takes no position will not sway the human intellect. William Greenough Thayer Shedd More Quotes by William Greenough Thayer Shedd More Quotes From William Greenough Thayer Shedd That some unevangelized men are saved, in the present life, by an extraordinary exercise of redeeming grace in Christ, has been the hope and belief of Christendom. It was the hope and belief of the elder Calvinists, as of the later. William Greenough Thayer Shedd grace exercise men A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it. William Greenough Thayer Shedd ideals horizon men Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he can be, but he has no holiness, that is, no supreme love of God William Greenough Thayer Shedd holiness men mean There is just now a great clamor and demand for "culture;" but it is not so much culture that is needed as discipline. William Greenough Thayer Shedd demand discipline culture Frogs are smart - they eat what bugs them. William Greenough Thayer Shedd frogs bugs smart Clear statement is argument. William Greenough Thayer Shedd statements argument clear They say that travelling broadens your mind, but first you must have a mind. William Greenough Thayer Shedd mind firsts The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls, disappears under a criticism that is all-comprehending and all-surveying. William Greenough Thayer Shedd comprehending disappear criticism
