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 Copy Share Image
Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he… — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share
A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it. — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share
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 Copy Share
They say that travelling broadens your mind, but first you must have a mind. — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share
That some unevangelized men are saved, in the present life, by an extraordinary exercise of redeeming grace in Christ, has been the hope and… — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share
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 Copy Share
The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls, disappears under… — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share
