...no right to tread where you now set your feet." And again, when Kenyon -asks Hilda, "•Is sin then, like sorrow, merely an element of human education,...purer state than we could otherwise have attained ?" — the Conscience answers : *' Do you not perceive what a mockery such a creed makes not only of...

..."' Here comes my perplexity,' continued Kenyon. ' Sin has educated Donatello, and elevated him. Is sin, then, which we deem such a dreadful blackness in the universe, — is it like sorrow, merely an clement of human education through which we struggle to a higher and purer state than we could otherwise...

..." "Here comes my perplexity," continued Kenyon. " Sin has educated Donatello, and elevated him. Is sin, then, — which we deem such a dreadful blackness...ultimately rise to a far loftier paradise than his?" "O, hush ! " cried Hilda, shrinking from him with an expression of horror which wounded the poor, speculative...

...elevated him. Is Sin, then—which we deem such a dreadful blackness in the universe—is it, likeSorrow, merely an element of human education, through which...than, his?" " Oh, hush!" cried Hilda, shrinking from himi with an expression of horror which wounded the poor, speculative sculptor to the soul. " This...

...Protestants ; and yet, when Kenyon puts forth a right, but rather old, suggestion about sin being, "like sorrow, merely an element of human education, through which we struggle to a higher and Eurer state than we could otherwise ave attained, "the pure-heartedChristian maiden starts back, with...

...Protestants ; and yet, when Kenyon puts forth a right, but rather old suggestion about sin being " like sorrow, merely an element of human education,...purer state than we could otherwise have attained," the pure-hearted Christian maiden starts back with a horror shared by her lover himself, from a theory...

...but that it is only removed so that it does not ' appear, has been made known to me from Heaven. Pre" human education, through which we struggle to a higher...loftier Paradise than his ?" " Oh, hush ! cried Hilda." Ibid. p. 280. * 'Life of Goethe,' p. 23. t No. 279. t No. 296. ' viously I held the common opinion,...

..." sin has educated " Donatcllo, and elevated him. Is Sin, then — which we deem such a dread" ful blackness in the universe — is it, like Sorrow merely an element of The use of Evil therefore, with all its pains, is to provoke to Righteousness; and it is a consolation...

...Donatello, and elevated him," — and the scope of the whole book is an attempt to embody this view. "Is sin then, — which we deem such a dreadful blackness...ultimately rise to a far loftier paradise than his ? " To which we have the virtue looks the moment after its death-struggle with evil ? No, no : I could...

...Donatello, and elevated him," — and the scope of the whole book is an attempt to embody this view. " Is Sin then, — which we deem such a dreadful blackness...ultimately rise to a far loftier paradise than his ?" To which we have the rejoinder, — " This is terrible. ... Do you not perceive what a mockery your...