In art especially the Pagans demanded the most absolute surrender of self to truth; and it should be added that they defined truth exactly as Helen did, "that which one sincerely believes.
Truth to me," she said thoughtfully, "is whatever one sincerely believes; I cannot conceive of any other standard.
Now, Christopher Wright may have used these words in the early part of that November day, and every candid mind must allow that they are not the words that one would expect to find in a sincerelyrepentant criminal.
Lastly, and you must not omit, you must deliver, in commendation of my Lord Mounteagle, words to show how sincerely he dealt, and how fortunately it proved that he was the instrument of so great a blessing as this was.
Was it at all extraordinary that, if there had been popes sincerely accepting that criterion, the issue should be a pope who was a sincere misbeliever?
This was, however, only the ostensible explanation, which it was judged necessary to present to sincerely pious communities: behind it there lay the real reason, which was essentially of a political kind.
Wishing you every blessing, I am, Yours sincerely in Xt.
I hope sincerely that you shall have many of them and that you shall conduct them as successfully as Erasistratos this one.
The ethical effect of all this on the minds of people who sincerely believed can scarcely be exaggerated.
You have my hearty congratulations, then, on your graduation from a great university medical school here in the West, and I hope sincerely that you shall prove worthy of Alma Mater.
I know that all the men of substance South sincerely want peace, and I do not believe they will resort to war again during this century.
Between ourselves, be it said, though I sincerely loved my brother, yet I have found these seven years unconscionably long.
I know it may sound like a slightly mad suggestion, sir, but I sincerely hope that you will grant permission to carry it out.
Then he added in a brittle voice, "I sincerely hope that I meet up with that blighter again.
He is up to his ears in business, and I sincerely congratulate him upon it--occupation, I am convinced, being the great secret of happiness.
I suspect that something has passed between your sister and dear mother (in whose illness I sincerely sympathise with you).
I am sincerely concerned at the state of Mr. Sparrow's health.
How sincerely Soever I return back to my duty, It will no longer help me-- ILLO.
I sincerely regret that you will lose this month; perhaps, however, you will be able to preserve your epic mood; if so, be sure not to allow theatrical cares to disturb you.
The modest hero disliked this innocent tribute which a sincerely grateful and admiring multitude paid him.
Such leadership, in a country whose traditions and ideals aresincerely democratic, can scarcely go astray.
A fanatic sincerely possessed by these ideas is a more dangerous menace to American national integrity and the Promise of American democracy than the sheerest demagogue.
But such a time will be postponed all the longer unless the nations, like France, Italy, England and the United States, which are at present sincerely desirous of peace, keep as well armed as their more belligerent neighbors.
On the other hand, just in so far as a people is sincerely seeking the fulfillment of its national Promise, individuals of all kinds will find their most edifying individual opportunities in serving their country.
He had become profoundly and sincerely humble, and his humility was as far as possible from being either a conventional pose or a matter of nervous self-distrust.
No sooner were we out of sight than he pulled out a letter, and I shall never forget his delight when he grasped my hand, and said, "Shipp, I sincerely congratulate you on your appointment.
To the eldest of these I became most sincerely attached.
It is well known to all the world how sincerely we admire the versitility of Lord Palmerston's genius; how cordially we simpathize with his patriotic energies.
They had been well known and highly esteemed by many of the officers and men of the sharp shooters, and by none were they more sincerely lamented.
He was a severe disciplinarian, even harsh; but was endeared to the men by long association in the field, and was sincerely lamented.
My dear madam, I am extremely sorry, and most sincerely apologise for my inadvertence.
But not Alcibiades, when he called the Athenians a pack of dogs, looked more sincerely contemptuous than did James Clavering of the United States Senate when, a disgraced and branded man, he walked out of the Senate chamber.
He wassincerely relieved when Clavering took himself downstairs to his own library again.
She had never heard of the Empress Elizabeth, and moreover she was sincerely afraid of Mrs. Luttrell.
Anne went up to Mrs. Luttrell and thanked her sincerely and prettily for one of the pleasantest evenings she had ever spent in Washington.
Such campaigns sincerely conducted, will in time lead to the strict enforcement of law in America.
Unmarried mothers are cared for in many of these homes while the girl who has gone wrong may find shelter and protection in them if she is repentant and sincerely desires to return to a virtuous life.
The editor promises still greater attractions for the new volume, and we sincerely hope his enterprise will meet with all the encouragement it so well deserves.
I thank you mostsincerely for your friendliness and bid you good-by.
I thank you most sincerely for this cordial demonstration.
No man is worthy to hold office in this Republic who does not sincerely covet the good-will and respect of the people.
I thank you most sincerely for your friendly greeting, and regret that I am not able to speak to you more satisfactorily, and can only accept with a heart full of appreciation these marks of your respect.
Thanking you most sincerelyfor this kindly demonstration I bid you good-by.
I most sincerelythank you for this evidence of your friendliness.
I thank you very sincerely for a demonstration which I cannot accept as personal--all this is too great for any man--but as a spontaneous tribute to our free institutions.
I thank you most sincerely for this cordial welcome.
At Tipton Junction, where several hundred people had congregated, General Harrison said: My Friends--There is no time this evening for me to say more than that I thank you very sincerely for this cordial evidence of your kindly feeling.
I do most sincerely believe that we are entering now upon a new development that will put the American flag upon the seas and bring to our ports in American bottoms a largely increased share of the commerce of the world.
I thank you most sincerely for your kindness and bid you good-night.
I do most sincerely thank you for this token of the product of your mines.
I hope you will allow me again to thank you very sincerely for your most cordial and magnificent welcome, and wish for you and your State all prosperity and for the country of which we are common citizens a career of unchecked glory.
He wassincerely pleased at my escape, and no words need express my relief at his safety.
When they were all assembled, he induced Miller to say that he sincerely regretted having told them such lies, as he knew the cattle did belong to Captain Hayston.
The mood of melancholy that impressed me at parting with a man to whom, in spite of his faults, I was sincerely attached, weighed heavily.
On the other hand, their visitors admired sincerely the noble forms and free, graceful bearing of the island maidens, as well as the splendid athletic development of the men.
I was sincerely sorry, and was not ashamed to show it, "being weak from my wound," and hardly able to refrain from tears.
This was so discreetly and sincerely uttered that it could not but proceed from an extraordinary child, and one who loved her parents beyond example.
He showed at this time special severity towards King Louis, a prince who was naturally of a serious, honorable, and upright character, and had tried sincerely to fulfil his duties as king towards the Dutch.
It is because I love peace sincerely that I cannot content myself with a vain word; it is because I love peace sincerely that I cannot sacrifice it by seizing the shadow when the reality is not within my reach.
From that moment all those who are sincerelydesirous of continuing in the bosom of the Church, can no more be infected with the error.
The letter and epitaph are good enough specimens of his humor to be quoted in full: DEAR MISS, I lament with you most sincerely the unfortunate end of poor Mungo.
The proportion of Quakers sincerely opposed to resistance, he estimated, after having had a chance to look the field over, was as one to twenty-one only.
