"But for us there are moments, O, how……" — Mark Hopkins
"But for us there are moments, O, how solemn, when destiny trembles in the balance and the preponderance of either scale is by our own choice."
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11 Quotes by Mark Hopkins
Mark Hopkins has 11 quotes on this site.
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Certainly, no revolution that has ever taken place in society can be compared to that which has been produced by…
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Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.
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Christianity is the greatest civilizing, moulding, uplifting power on this globe.
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Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.
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Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.
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Faith, then, generically, is confidence in a personal being. Specifically, religious faith is confidence in God, in every respect and…
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Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or domestic affections. His great relations are to…
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We are to regard the mind, not as a piece of iron to be laid upon the anvil and hammered…
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The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race…
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No revolution that has ever taken place in society can be compared to that which has been produced by the…
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