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title: "2 Great Good Quotes By James Martineau"
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> [All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/all-that-is-noble-in-the-world-s-past-history-and-especially-the/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

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> [All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and good, are, in like manner, never lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/all-that-is-noble-in-the-world-s-past-history-and-especially-the-2/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

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## More by James Martineau

> [The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/the-incarnation-is-true-not-of-christ-exclusively-but-of-man/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat, to drink, and sleep; to be exposed to darkness and the light; to pace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/the-mere-lapse-of-years-is-not-life-to-eat-to-drink-and-sleep-to-be/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart…The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/i-bow-in-reverence-before-the-emotions-of-every-melted-heart-the-more/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [God is infinite; and the laws of nature, like nature itself, are finite. These methods of working, therefore, - which correspond to the physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/god-is-infinite-and-the-laws-of-nature-like-nature-itself-are-finite/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [God has so arranged the chronometry of our spirits, that there shall be thousands of silent moments between the striking hours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/god-has-so-arranged-the-chronometry-of-our-spirits-that-there-shall/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/the-pinafore-of-the-child-will-be-more-than-a-match-for-the-frock-of/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/religion-is-no-more-possible-without-prayer-than-poetry-without/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/all-that-is-noble-in-the-world-s-past-history-and-especially-the/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/grief-is-only-the-memory-of-widowed-affections/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [Every man's highest, nameless though it be, is his 'living God'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/every-man-s-highest-nameless-though-it-be-is-his-living-god/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [All beneficent and creative power gathers itself together in silence, ere it issues out in might.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/all-beneficent-and-creative-power-gathers-itself-together-in-silence/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and reverent heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/there-is-no-room-in-the-universe-for-the-least-contempt-or-pride-but/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [Trust arises from the mind's instinctive feeling after fixed realities, after the substance of every shadow, the base of all appearance, the everlasting amid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/trust-arises-from-the-mind-s-instinctive-feeling-after-fixed/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [If it is permitted to the enlightened but baffled Statesman, when deserted and fallen from his place, to appeal from the voices of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/if-it-is-permitted-to-the-enlightened-but-baffled-statesman-when/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

> [All spiritual strength for ourselves, all noble ties to one another, have their real source in that inner sanctuary where God denies His lonely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/all-spiritual-strength-for-ourselves-all-noble-ties-to-one-another/)

[James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/)

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