William Ralph Inge
William Ralph Inge
William Ralph Inge KCVOwas an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, Dean Inge...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth6 June 1860
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survival population fit
Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit.
honesty supposing-that policy
Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
struggle games life-is
The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.
admiration institutions contempt
Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners.
heart hatred humans
Hatred toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart as love to God.
civilization healthy foundation
No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.
food verbs said
The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive.
animal discovery blood
The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.
civilization boredom revolution
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians.
age church widows
The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.
giving-up men world
Man will never be entirely willing to give up this world for the next nor the next world for this.
god law creation
The whole of creation, with all of its laws, is a revelation of God.
risk elements venture
Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.
heaven fool paradise
Even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is inhabitable.