Calvinism a life-system - pagina 126

CALVINISM AND POLITICS.

122

admit that

this

expressed,

men

language

is

and

Aristotle

like

overbold, yet the idea, here

is

The dominion of Lombard and Thomas,

unquestionably correct. Plato,

Luther and Calvin, Kant and Darwin, extends, Genius

of them, over a field of ages.

forms schools;

it

of genius

sovereignty

by His

grace.

Him

alone

It is

Who

a

is

Every

by by

gift

and

and

is

reponsible

ascendency.

by appointment, but only

And

and are subject

these maestros also impose

no one, but rule over

to

all

homage due

to their

to be said of the sovereign

power

no equality of persons.

There

end receive from

in the

this

it

observable in the sphere of

is

the law of inheritance or

authority,

This

a king in the Palace of Art, not

is

the grace of God.

Hfe.

of God, possessed only

has granted

iiia'estro

men, with

immeasurable

an

subject to no one

The same phenomenon Art.

exercises

it

each

a sovereign power spirits of

on the whole condition of human

influence

to

and

might;

irresistible

is

on the

lays hold

it

for

all

the

artistic superiority.

And

same

the

of personality.

weak

are

is

There

is

narrow-minded

expanse of wings than a

persons,

common

with

no broader

sparrow; but there

are also broad, imposing characters, with the wing-stroke

of the eagle.

grandeur,

Among

the last you will find a few of royal

and these rule

in

their

own

sphere, whether

people draw back from them or thwart them; usually

waxing

And of

all

the stronger,

this entire process

life.

is

the

more they

carried out in

are opposed. all

the spheres

In the labour of the mechanic, in the shop, or

on the exchange,

in

commerce, on the

of benevolence and philanthropy.

sea, in the field

Everywhere one man

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