| 单词 | higher law |
| 例句 | Antigone rebels, on the grounds that there is a higher law than that of the state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lincoln rejected the higher law, declaring at one point that “insofar as it may attempt to foment a disobedience to the Constitution, or to the constitutional laws of the country, it has my unqualified condemnation.” Searching for the Real Abraham Lincoln 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z And yet Reynolds identifies Lincoln ultimately with the higher law, notwithstanding his early “condemnation.” Searching for the Real Abraham Lincoln 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Or can we transcend our brute instincts and find a higher law than might makes right? | 'In a Better World': A Do-Gooder Vision Clouded by Blind Spots 2011-03-31T22:22:34Z I’m obeying a “higher law” – the one decreed by the Almighty Himself. Put away your Bible, Justice: The new “religious freedom” arguments are neither 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Antigone openly and intentionally defies his edict, covering her brother’s body with dirt and publicly declaring her allegiance to a higher law — the law of love. Front-line nurses star in online staging of play ‘Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Reynolds writes that Lincoln saw the higher law as a potentially destabilizing concept because it could be “appropriated by anyone to defend any position.” Searching for the Real Abraham Lincoln 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The shreds of evidence adduced by Berle are not convincing that “a higher law” as yet determines substantially the operations of big business. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The higher law was embraced by Northern radicals who argued that man’s law lacked the force to address the moral blot of slavery. Searching for the Real Abraham Lincoln 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z He also cited "inflation" from higher law firm billing rates and litigation expenses. Litigation funders deployed $3.2 bln in U.S. investments last year - report 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z In the senator’s closing argument, he conceded as much but nevertheless insisted upon a higher law. A GOP president sided with a violent mob over rule of law — in the 1880s 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Seward denounced the idea that the Constitution protected slavery but then proclaimed, “There is a higher law than the constitution”—the law of God and fundamental morality. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In a meeting, he argued that there was a higher law to consider. How the Pandemic Nearly Tore Israel Apart 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Just like how battery of a law enforcement officer is charged differently from battery on a normal individual, there should be a higher law that applies to vandalism or threats against public officials. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Activists willingly broke lower laws, and accepted the price for it, because a higher law, a compelling moral principle was at stake. We need a true blueprint for gun control: Democrats must devise an in-depth strategy that’s massive in scope 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Huckabee and Rick Santorum, another GOP presidential candidate, signed a pledge not to “respect an unjust law that directly conflicts with higher law.” Lawbreaker Kim Davis and the lawless Ted Cruz 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Seward’s evocation of a “higher law” thrilled slavery’s foes but horrified southerners who thought their safety depended on northern veneration for the Constitution itself. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Marijuana opponents predicted the drug would prove a drain on state finances because of higher law enforcement costs. What places that legalized pot need to know 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z “Now more than ever, we need to respond to the higher values and higher laws that we adhere to in honoring basic human dignity,” Kligerman said. Safe haven keeps immigrant families together 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Not well, Billmon thinks: “It attacks—directly—legislative principle that majority has right to rule,” by demanding “votes on background checks & misnamed ‘no fly no buy’” but, he asks, “What higher law justifies that action?” We need a true blueprint for gun control: Democrats must devise an in-depth strategy that’s massive in scope 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z "I appreciate that Iceland, a small but significant country in the world community, shows such courage and commitment to its higher laws and ideals," he wrote in the letter. Iceland parliament declines Snowden's citizenship bid 2013-07-05T17:09:40Z Their frontrunner was Senator William H. Seward of New York, the distinguished ex-Whig whose endorsement of a “higher law” than the Constitution had given him a radical reputation in the lower North. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z I appreciate that Iceland, a small but significant country in the world community, shows such courage and commitment to its higher laws and ideals. Edward Snowden Seeks Citizenship In Iceland, And Six Of Its Legislators Want To Help 2013-07-04T23:41:00Z We want our successful companies to hold themselves to a higher law than required. Big Tech Bashing: Stop The Insanity! There's No Immorality In Making A Profit 2013-05-23T06:00:57Z But there was no substantial difference between the position of the two: Lincoln's "divided house" and Seward's "higher law" placed them really in the same attitude. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z To repent from such sin, is to obey each higher law as it appears. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z In her own distress she learns from Savonarola that there is a higher law than individual pleasure. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z There is a higher law than the law of nature. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z And of this higher law, throughout childhood, the parent is, as it were, the embodiment. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z The higher law is paramount to ceremonies in each religion. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The nations of Europe may belong to different denominations, but their mind and soul are imbued by the higher laws of Christianity. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z The term "higher law" was used to support the pretence of some obligation more binding than marriage. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Unprincipled, ruthless, cruel as he was, this thing, perhaps in inevitable reprisal for outraged higher laws, had long haunted him; disturbing his sleep, embittering his waking hours. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z We shall never succeed in making of it a moral person if it does not realize betimes that there exists a higher law than the law of its will. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z The tyranny of majorities is irresponsible, without redress, and without punishment, except in the ultimate iron grasp of "the higher law." Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z The doctrine of a higher law than that of the State commended itself to his idealism, and pledged him to oppose what he regarded as legalized wrong. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Seward had already been sent there by the anti-slavery Whigs, and had met Webster's plea for the constitutionality of the new Fugitive Slave Law by declaring that "There is a higher law than the Constitution." Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Douglas was an over-match for all of the radical Abolitionists, the men who spoke of the higher law, who made war on the charter of American liberties. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z It has been remarked already that the parent should be to the child the visible embodiment of a higher law. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z The higher law of compensation now became active, and the day of postponement gave me the sight of the Pomeroon Trail. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z She was putting away happiness which she might have had in compliance with a higher law than that which bids humanity enjoy. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Reformers seized the opportunity of appealing from pro-slavery texts and constitutions to a higher law. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z They spoke of liberty, justice, and God's higher law. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z But the higher law which makes men risk their all, right blithely, that their country and civilization may triumph—this was as much a mystery to Cash Wyble as to any army mule. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z These lines of severance will now make clear what is our main question,—Is man capable of recognizing a higher law of life? The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Was it in obedience to a higher law even than that writ on the ancient tables of stone? The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Dr. Mozley has himself shown that miracles cannot be explained either by unknown connection with known law, or by reference to unknown law; and he renounces the explanation of "higher law." Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z The higher law, the law of compensation, provides for that.” Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z There is a higher law than the Constitution which regulates our authority over the domain. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Wherever the parties refuse to be guided by the higher law of affinity, or by a recognition of Divine Providence, there will seldom be found a real home. Health, Healing, and Faith 2011-07-31T02:00:09.737Z I believe that there is a higher law than the law of the land. Religion News in Brief 2011-07-13T16:16:28Z This is generally called a question of "higher law," —that is to say, a law which comprehends under itself two or more lower or less wide laws. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z “I mean by the higher law, ‘As ye mete it out to others, so shall it be measured back to you again,’” Marjorie quoted with reverence. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Under the plea of what they called “higher law,” they defied law. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z “I believe that there is a higher law than the law of the land,” she wrote. Settled in Albany, Gay Marriage Is Still Drawing Opposition 2011-07-13T02:38:21Z But the higher law that hovers over the universe, subject to no human will, to no change,--unchangeable, as is all that is divine,--is the law of morality. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z All right—there are higher laws than yours. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z This was considered a great victory for the South, but in reality was not, for the civilized world became aroused in behalf of freedom, and public opinion, the higher law, was invoked. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z He had exacted no more than in point of law was his due, but might there not be a higher law than the laws of men? The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Moreover, as the fight for this city dragged on, religious leaders in Misurata stepped forward and told the rebels’ de facto government that no matter the public anger, a higher law must be observed. Fallen Qaddafi Soldiers Get Respect, if Not Honors 2011-05-17T15:55:02Z We must obey the higher law, and if men generally would do so fewer jails would be needed. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z They were men, sir, who did not believe that the Constitution they framed would be contrary to the higher law, and that it would be consistent with their oath of office to violate it. The Slavery Question Speech of Hon. John M. Landrum, of La., Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 27, 1860 2011-03-24T02:00:14.150Z Fundamental principles, or the higher law, are secrets of nature which God keeps to himself. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z That seems to be the way with the higher laws; we may break them in our ignorance—but we ought not to be ignorant. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z The solutions given above for cases of negative doubt suppose that there is no other or higher law that forbids one to take the risk of deciding in favor of liberty. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z “The higher law, I suppose,” said Burton, not just clear to what the doctor referred. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z Yet, judged by the higher law, the Gospel standard, which the world had not received, and were not under the same obligation to obey, these "children of the Light" were found remiss in many things. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z They live together to aid each other, and are slaves under Mr. Garrison's higher law. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z They knew a higher law than the slavish repetition of accurate distances or intervals; they had learned to calculate effects, to allow for optical illusions; they knew how to sacrifice real for ideal symmetry. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z No higher law for States than the poor statutes they enact! Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z By the strong pressure of an enlightened will, the wild insurgent forces of the lower nature are brought into conformity to a higher law. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Reasons and rights he is slow to comprehend; but his conscience is always open to conviction, and his will pliable to a higher law, when a stick of candy is in the case. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Slavery arises under the higher law, and is, and ever must be, coëval and coëxtensive with human nature. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z Moreover, the realm of love has a higher law than atonement through retribution. Jewish Theology But the churches of commerce, which know no higher law, what should they do? Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Confronted with the facts of life, and fired with a passion to win men to a higher law, the later Stoicism had in some points to soften the rigid lines of earlier theory. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius In that hour he was sealed as an apostle of the higher law, to whose advocacy he sacrificed his professional and social interests. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 But, with Antigone, I rest myself upon that higher law which is far above all laws that states may frame! Waldfried A Novel On their estates a higher law than that of slavery has sway. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery The constitution of the universe is not amenable to men: that is the law of God, the higher law, the constant mode of action of the infinite Father of all. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z In the quiet of each night we should review our conduct and feeling during the day, marking carefully where we have fallen short of the higher law, and strengthening ourselves with any signs of self-conquest. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Yet society holds all these rights of individuals subject to the same higher law of welfare by restricting the purpose of individuals when possible, and action always, if it opposes the total welfare. Rural Health and Welfare A child may not forget that, when parental dictate is repudiated in favor of a higher law, it must in truth be a higher law which exacts obedience. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home Etiquette, that stern tyrant so necessary for the control of common minds, was compelled to bow in subjection to Josephine, for her actions became a higher law. Josephine Makers of History There is no higher law;" and low men lift up their mean foreheads in the pulpits of America and say, "It is the voice of a God, and not of a man. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z The same elements were indeed found in both, but it seemed as if they were subject in the living body to other and higher laws than those observed in inanimate nature. Naturalism And Religion In the moments of mortal agony and conflict human laws cease, for punishments have lost their terrors; even higher laws are then silent. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. And even peace must be sacrificed when the higher law summons. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home In this country the doctrine of a higher law than the Constitution even, and to be obeyed rather than the Constitution and laws enacted in accordance therewith, has had and even now has earnest advocates. Concerning Justice There are men who know no higher law than the statute of the State. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Those duties are obligatory upon us, and no pretense of a higher law can absolve us from them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 We talk about a higher law on the subject of resistance to the law. Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Held in Boston, in February, 1851. At the command of a higher law, this life must at all times, be treated as sacred. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century No, indeed—they told my wife they'd found a higher law and that calomel was sinful. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Of course that must be a government by the higher law of God, by the Eternal Justice to which you and I and all of us owe reverence. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z In short, that God projected the higher laws downward, so that the natural world became “an incarnation, a visible representation, a working model of the supernatural.” Sowing and Reaping Thus, not many years ago, we were all battling about the higher law and the law to return fugitive slaves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 Nevertheless, prompted by a higher law, many of them annually dispense large sums in charity. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century That power was incontestable in the Northwest in its day; there was no higher law. The Rustler of Wind River Not long ago, an eminent man taunted one of his opponents, telling him he had better adhere to the "higher law." Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Next he went to Boston, the very spring and fountain of high moral ideas, where every law has a higher law to nullify it. Phemie Frost's Experiences She chose between the law of custom and the higher law, facing the world's frown, and relying on her own strength to bear the consequences of her act. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The Kingdom of God and its higher laws can displace it only by conflict. The Social Principles of Jesus This question should receive support of both parties by the higher laws of the universe. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV We are told that there is "no such thing as a higher law," "no rule of conduct better than that enacted by the law of the land." Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Not indeed contrary to law, for His laws are immutable, but by application of a higher law, whereby we accomplish here that which would otherwise be delayed until death had forced the day of reckoning. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings They sealed their fidelity to this higher law with their blood. Henry IV, Makers of History We make fables to hide the baldness of the fact and conform it, as we say, to the higher law of the mind. Nature The stern religion with which he was enraptured, its insistence upon a higher law, was there, and he heard again the precepts which had helped to bind him to his own children. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Some ministers have been silent; others have spoken out in favor of the lower law, and in derision of the higher law. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z "There is a higher law than the constitution." A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character But there is—there is a higher law than that of kings and courts. Henry IV, Makers of History When women ask for a distinct political life, a separate vote, they forget or they willfully ignore the higher law, whose logic may be thus condensed: Marriage is a sacred unity. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III In so far as those who purvey the news make of their own beliefs a higher law than truth, they are attacking the foundations of our constitutional system. Introduction to the Science of Sociology It was the eternal God whose higher law the Pilgrim and the Puritan essayed to keep, not knowing whereunto the thing would grow. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z But they are subject to a higher law, and you have forced them to break it. The Helpful Robots There is a higher law even than an act of Congress. History Plays for the Grammar Grades There is unquestionably a higher law than Law, concerning obedience to which no other than the man himself, or the state, can give account to Him that shall judge. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles It was some poor consolation to pay the penalty of a higher law than he was supposed to understand. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker You may make your statutes; an appeal always lies to the higher law, and decisions adverse to that get set aside in the ages. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z For our part, if we wished to find "the higher law," we should look neither into the Dark Ages nor into his conscience. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Herein is the end or ultimate goal of the higher law of Mr. Seward, and its coadjutor, "the irrepressible conflict." The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860 She must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II It arrogates the "higher law," and "would be as God." Public School Education There is no higher law; no law of God. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z How Dr. Channing and Mr. Sumner would have disposed of this difficulty we know full well, for they carry within their own bosoms a higher law than this higher law itself. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Whenever, therefore, one shows any ability for trade, that is her license for engaging in it—a license granted under the higher law, and therefore valid. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Rebellion in defense of justice, mercy, and the higher law is always in order. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II If it be asked whether we can merge gravity itself in some still higher law, the answer must depend upon the facts. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive There is a higher law than the Constitution. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Mankind feel, universally, that there is an authority beyond all human governments, and a higher law above all human laws, from whence all their powers are derived. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles For them, alas! there is no higher law than the will of man. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I He would not obey because he would know quite well that the higher law within his heart would forbid and render impossible any such obedience. The New Theology The principle of the higher law signifies Revolution. Lectures on the French Revolution Why, what an utter rebel you would be, You little champion of the higher law! The Woman Who Dared That higher law is the Law of God, that supreme authority is the God of Justice. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles There was no other solution, for, while he ruled, the Father's word was law, subject only to the higher law of Degar Astok as given out by the High Priestess. B. C. 30,000 While I have traced the finer and higher laws of this matter for those whom they concern, I have also to note the material law—vulgarly expressed in the proverb, "Honesty is the best policy." The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing By the law of its existence, France encouraged insurrection against its neighbours, and the existing balance of power would have to be redressed in obedience to a higher law. Lectures on the French Revolution We have endeavored to give you some useful hints in reference to the beautiful and the fitting in costume, based on a higher law than the enactments of the fashion-makers. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies And to that higher law the weak have confidently appealed against the unrighteous enactments of the strong, and have finally conquered. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles No, taught St. Augustine, and most of the early Fathers, who invoked in favor of the guilty ones the higher law of "charity and Christian gentleness." The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church "The brown for sturdiness, the black for speed," he would say, making a maxim of his whim to give it the sanction of a higher law. The House with the Green Shutters We require some solid ground for our belief in this higher law. The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science “The evil deed, Daniel,” whispered Eleanore, “hasn’t anything to do with these people; it was committed against the higher law of morals, against our feeling of right usage and established honour....” The Goose Man Their doctrine was a faint glimpse of that grand discovery of modern science--that all the higher laws of nature assume the form of a precise quantitative statement. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Man is free from nature to serve the higher law of his personality. The Approach to Philosophy His consciousness of this attains to huge proportions, as does also his instinct to dispense entirely with higher law and style. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. It is reasonable to suppose, that the latter is effected by means of a higher law, manifesting itself only at long intervals. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' Believe in me, believe in yourself, believe in the higher law. The Goose Man The entire public domain was by the Constitution devoted to union, justice, defense, welfare, and liberty; and it was devoted to the same noble ends by "a higher law than the Constitution." The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement They know that the higher law is the reality, and that he who obeys it thus unites himself with the absolute self. The Approach to Philosophy Cromwell abhorred the government of Charles, because it was not a government which respected justice, and which set at defiance the higher laws of God. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Is there not a higher law, the supreme law of the land, which says if they be States that they shall each be entitled to two Senators on this floor? History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Force, a human Niagara, wild from the beginning, now controlled and directed by a higher law. The Spirit of Lafayette It was no less characteristic of him to disclaim the "higher law" doctrine,—an obligation recognized by the individual conscience as paramount to all human enactments. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement And yet they all are justified in these extreme cases by the higher law of love; by the greater duty of devotion to the highest good of our fellow-men. Practical Ethics I appeal, your honour, to the higher law of the soul within you, within me, within this prisoner, within the breast even of his enemy—through struggle alone we triumph at last! The Root of Evil It is simply an occurrence under the higher laws, and on a higher plane. The Life Radiant "It is based on a higher law than any of modern organised philanthropy," she said, and her voice had a queer unsteadiness in it. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Others adopted the cry of the "higher law," and without joining Garrison in denouncing the Government, did not hesitate to oppose in every possible way the operation of this drastic legislation for slave-catching. History of the United States, Volume 3 Seward had told them that will should be in accordance with the 'higher law' of justice and freedom. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But I dare to plead with your honour to-day for the beginning of a new, nobler, higher law of humanity—the law that shall place man above his chattel. The Root of Evil The merchants and company have long laughed at transcendentalism, higher law, etc., crying, "None of your moonshine," as if they were anchored to something not only definite, but sure and permanent. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 No good thing shall be withheld from him who lives in harmony with the higher laws and forces. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Now what if this should be a minor segment of a higher law? A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I The Slave Power repudiated Seward and his 'higher law' of justice and liberty at once. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy This law, this higher law of human society, the law political, in the very nature of things, demands the amendment. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy To live according to nature was to rise above the disorderly habits and gross indulgences of the vulgar to higher laws of action which nothing but self-denial and self-command would enable the aspirant to observe. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society He is a man with a sensitive organism, his life in thorough harmony with the higher laws, and given wholly and unreservedly to the work to which he has dedicated it. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty What did she know of the science of morals, of souls, or revelations, or higher laws? Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life There has indeed been a Divine Intelligence guiding the destiny of our republic by the 'higher law' of the progress of free society toward a Christian democracy. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But shall we deny that there is a higher law back of the Constitution, back of all constitutions—namely, that 'safety of the people,' which is 'the supreme law'? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy All I can say is that life here is intimately bound up with the higher laws of electro-magnetism which at present are only being guessed at on your level. Warning from the Stars When one comes into the realization of these higher laws, then the fear of want ceases to tyrannize over him. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Next was explained to him the higher law of the Tarykat, or "path" to perfection. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia We do not think the Peace Party will be able to abolish that 'higher law,' as certain of our politicians expect. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy There is no law so sacred that it may not in special cases have to yield to the sacredness of a higher law. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics It is the "higher law" more potent than acts of Congress. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. In the degree that you come into this realization and live in harmony with the higher laws and forces, in that degree will you be able to do this effectively. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty There is a higher law of grace, whereby the sinfulness of man but draws forth the tenderness of a father's pardoning pity; and the brightest revelation of His love is made to froward prodigals. The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms The Professor in vain pointed out that Valeria’s own revolt against the brutality of Nature, was proof of some higher law in Nature, now in course of development. The Daughters of Danaus It had its foundation in a higher law than that of physical suffering. Agatha's Husband A Novel Even such a convention, while it might check the fall of silver, could not prevent the operation of that higher law which places the market value of silver above human control. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The Lord never prospers any man, but the man prospers because he acknowledges the Lord, and lives in accordance with the higher laws. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty The real sanctions of moral conduct are not the sanctions of expediency or force, but are derived from a higher law, an invisible authority; the finest morality is man's free response to a higher order. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive The highest principles and the highest wisdom, combined, would seem to suggest the higher law as the rule of action toward the weaker, and the natural law as the rule for defense against the stronger. Forty-Six Years in the Army His sound ethics do not admit that the lower law of man's enactment can, under any circumstances, override or abrogate the higher laws of God. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 I agree with all my colleagues from the State of Ohio, from both sides of the House, that there is one thing immutable—a law that is a higher law. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Thus we come, in a perfectly natural and normal way, into the super-conscious realms whereby we make it possible for the higher laws and truths to be revealed to us. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Now, the mystic claims to be in possession of the higher law which transcends the ethical, from which the ethical derives, and to which it must be referred for its reason. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Furthermore, the more extreme abolitionists had disregarded all law, orders and rights of private property and had even gone so far as to proclaim that there was a "higher law than the Constitution." The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 It might will to obey the higher law, but the law in the members was over-strong for it and bore it down. Short Studies on Great Subjects There is another law—a higher law—the highest law of the christian life. Quiet Talks on Power As we thus make it possible for these higher laws and truths to be revealed to us, we will in turn become enlightened ones, channels through which they may be revealed to others. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty That the lost secret of Freemasonry is concerned with special applications of this higher law which connect with mysticism, we, as mystics, do hold and can make evident in its proper time and place. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer But there is a higher law than those in our criminal courts. The Kentucky Ranger Are we to follow no higher law than the blind instinct that moves the house-fly? The Master-Knot of Human Fate There are critical moments when rules fail, when, in fact, obedience to rule would mean disobedience to that higher law, of which rules and formulae are at best only an adumbration. A Short History of Greek Philosophy We shall find that not only are happiness and prosperity concomitants of righteousness,—living in harmony with the higher laws, but bodily health as well. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty If no higher law is recognized, at least every one will regard the etiquette of the case, which requires that the demeanor of every one within the walls of the church shall be reverent. Etiquette So our souls In grand submission to a higher law Should move serene through all the ills of life, Believing them masked joys. Custer, and Other Poems. He stood like a sturdy sentinel on guard before his client, pleading the "higher law" in justification, and mercilessly attacking the counsel on the other side whenever they sought to introduce damaging evidence. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail On the double-quick, by the shortest route,— Wrung their stronghold from their gripe,— Brought their garrison right to taw, And made 'em get down to the "higher law"! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 The dusky patriot loaded him with bacon, brown bread, and blessings, and at night piloted him to a Rebel barn, where he enforced the Confiscation Act, to him then "the higher law,"—necessity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 A higher law than that of our will regulates events. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson And then there is a higher law than that of friendship. More Tish How many of this generation," writes our author, "complete their childhood, scarcely feeling the dominion of any will but their own, and obeying no higher law than the caprice of the moment! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 I know that tribal laws demand My life if I should thither flee, I must obey that great command— God's higher law—fidelity. Our Profession and Other Poems A miracle is supernatural and contrary to nature only in reference to the old life, and, in its highest meaning, is in conformity to a higher law. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology He applies this doctrine even to miracles, which he regards as effects produced by second causes of which we are ignorant, that is, by some higher law of nature. What is Darwinism? "I mean that if there was a higher law for David there may also be a higher law for me and my disciples," answered Jesus plainly. Men Called Him Master Each state enforced local laws, but all were obedient to the higher law—the Law of Humanity—which was uniform through the earth. The Man Who Rocked the Earth In that reckless crusade which the Central Powers are waging against all the higher laws of morality and civilization, some of the heaviest of the blows fall on the defenceless. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers I shall know no higher law than passion. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Understand, then, that that is but imitation of a higher law. Caves of Terror "There is a higher law that protects the home." The Substitute Prisoner The laws of England may be a very good thing, but there is such a thing as a higher law. Lectures on Modern history But no one will claim infallibility for its enactments; the esteem we have for it is chiefly due to its general accord with the requirements of the higher law. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Will you take the "higher law," which is in harmony with God's providence and his word, or act in favor of the "lower law," which opposes both? An Account of Some of the Principal Slave Insurrections, and Others, Which Have Occurred, or Been Attempted, in the United States and Elsewhere, During the Last Two Centuries. Then comes the formulation of an empirical law; and lastly, if possible, deduction or derivation, either from higher laws previously ascertained, or from an hypothesis. Logic Deductive and Inductive He got mad at the old Whig party, on account of his higher law and abolitionism, and put it to death. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z It is an application of the same principle of self-denial, and of the higher law. Lectures on Modern history If there were no higher law, then there would be no Medical Jurisprudence, in the true sense of the word. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence He was, for instance, the author of the alarming phrase about "irrepressible conflict," and he had spoken once, in a phrase that was misinterpreted, about "a higher law than the Constitution." Abraham Lincoln Jesus Christ did not make law; he only indicated the presence of the higher law—the scientific law—that must rule all life on this planet ere justice to all can ever prevail. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul It might will to obey the higher law, but the law in the members was over strong for it and bore it down. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc There was no recognition that they were concessions of the moral order, which it would be usurpation to refuse, or to which the subject had a right under a higher law. Lectures on Modern history For Jurisprudence studies the principles that underlie legal enactments, and if there were no higher law, there would be no such principles; then the knowledge of the human law would fill the whole programme. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence In this way, one who is simply subject to a law, may not be subject thereto in certain matters, in respect of which he is ruled by a higher law. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition For ages man has projected his selfish human will into all the affairs of life, thus setting aside the higher law. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Hal�vy, trained under the influences of Cherubini, was largely inspired by that great master's musical purism and reverence for the higher laws of his art. Great Italian and French Composers When urged to recant they replied, "We have a higher law, one written by the Holy Spirit in the inner man." Water Baptism A Pagan and Jewish Rite but not Christian, Proven By Scripture And History Confirmed By The Lives Of Saints Who Were Never Baptized With Water I even suspect that they need to be more conscientious in regard to the dictates of the higher law than any other class of men, the clergy alone, perhaps, excepted. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence No successors of the fifth-monarchy men proposed to substitute an unwritten higher law, interpreted by individual conscience, for the law of the land and the decrees of human tribunals. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics He had come dangerously near to Seward's radicalism in his "house-divided-against-itself" speech but he had never committed himself to the reckless doctrine that there was a "higher law" than the Constitution. History of the United States He believes in a higher law, no doubt, Frederic Douglas being editorial expounder; a sort of Moses of this century, a little less meek, though, than the one who instructed the Israelites. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is There is a higher law than the law of international copyright, and I feel confident that no Publisher of honour and integrity in the Great Republic will repudiate its claims. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution B. With no other class of men does the performance of duty depend more on personal integrity, on conscientious regard for the higher law of morality than with the Doctor. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence The vulgar idea of miracles being put into solution, leaves you with the higher law and spiritual causation; which the rationalists deny, and which you and I hold faithfully. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II He demanded a change of consciousness and evidence, and effected this change through the higher laws of God. Unity of Good It was then that he made his famous statement that the war against slavery was waged under a "higher law than the Constitution," and that the fall of slavery was inevitable. American Men of Action They shrank apprehensively from the phrase in one of his speeches that "there is a higher law than the Constitution." A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History Society cannot do without the higher law; this law is to be studied in Medical Jurisprudence. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Nor can he live by that higher law unaided and alone. Preaching and Paganism They are too useful not to command that popular sympathy which is the higher law. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 "The uniformities of nature are his ordinary method of working; its irregularities his method upon occasional condition; its interferences his method under the pressure of a higher law." Among the Forces I am opposed to them, because they reject the Bible, and profess to be under the guidance of a higher law. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery We are next to consider what are the duties which that higher law imposes upon the physician. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence What about this observance of the law, the higher law included? Children of the Market Place The Khasis had embraced Christianity in the same spirit that animated the ancient disciples of the Buddha: it was the higher law which spoke of a new life and of the world to come. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 The action is in accord with some higher law in God's world which is brought into play and is seen to be superior to the familiar laws. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel It is true, that I have heard something about a higher law but from whence it came, "to whom related, or by whom begot," I know not. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery With such a man but one issue to the conflict was possible: obedience to the higher law. Beethoven He has rejected the higher law of Seward in a recent letter. Children of the Market Place The popular sentiment which in 1833 induced the people of Connecticut to boycott Miss Prudence Crandall cannot be brought under the sanction of any "higher law." England's Case Against Home Rule But the power, or the man that can call this higher law into action, is of a higher order. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel No better text-book could have been found for the defence of what was called "the higher law," in the great American antislavery struggle, than this work of Cicero. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The only thing that warrants the violation of them, is the necessity imposed by a still higher law,--that of preserving his own existence. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time I am not so sure about the higher law, if I am left to determine it. Children of the Market Place It was just as if I had obeyed some higher law of my being and had become a freer and purer woman. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill If our love violated any higher law whatsoever, I would, as you say, bow myself in humility. Memories A Story of German Love I feel, indeed, that by those higher laws which the vulgar, beastlike minds are incapable of recognizing, we are already one. When A Man's A Man We have taken our lives out of a conscious harmony with the higher laws of our being, with the result that we are going against the great current of the Divine Order of things. What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness No difference except that Douglas' law of nature means something and the higher law means nothing. Children of the Market Place This but expresses the higher law of God which holds parents responsible for the training of their children. The Christian Home The Masters do not escape the Causation of the higher planes, but fall in with the higher laws, and thus master circumstances on the lower plane. The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece There are cases, I grant you—cases of impenitent wickedness—where the higher law is suspended, finds no chance to act—where relief from the bond is itself mercy and justice. The Marriage of William Ashe The interior spiritual kingdom, the kingdom of the higher self, which is the kingdom of God; the kingdom of harmony,—harmony with the higher laws of your being. What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness He spoke of the higher law, to be sure, but Douglas has been talking of nature and nature's God. Children of the Market Place I think you would then perceive the necessity of having the Constitution forthwith amended; and if it were not done very promptly, I apprehend you would appeal vociferously to a higher law. The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 9, An Appeal To The Legislators Of Massachusetts "Besides the moral advantage," added the squire, who was deacon as well, and who, now that he had concluded his official duties, was not adverse to laying down the higher law. Romance of California Life The Christian, no doubt, would say that his married life had failed because God had been absent from it, because there had been in it no consciousness of higher law, of compelling grace. The Marriage of William Ashe Kultur, it seems, has its own "higher law," which its professors expound to the decadent nations of Europe. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Seward with his higher law was a contributor. Children of the Market Place But it leads to the revelation of a higher law than that of selfishness. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher But even this transcending is, in itself, in accordance with some higher law. A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga As the mind is taken away from the laws of time and place, it must be delivered over to the higher laws of reason. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England There is a higher law; up above men there is a machine which is stronger than men. Light For instance, it is not evil for an animal or savage to kill, for the light of the higher law is not yet flaming brightly in their hearts. Simon Magus Seward also spoke a noteworthy speech, bringing upon himself infinite abuse by his bold phrase, a higher law than the Constitution. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I The law of Jehovah is supreme, and let the higher law be obeyed, though the heavens should fall! The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon In the debates on the Compromise of 1850 he had declared that there was "a higher law" than the Constitution, namely, "the law of nature in men's hearts." A Short History of the United States They need to know, however, that their Congress must become a territorial legislature, and that the higher law for them is to be the laws of Congress. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient Friends who lived twenty miles apart, met here, exchanged greetings and news, gave notices and invitations, and obeyed the higher law of kindness under protest of their Calvinistic consciences. Half a Century Well may you sneer at truth and justice, The law provides you screen and shield, Only a higher law shall sentence! Russian Lyrics Celia's cheeks flushed deeply; she tightened her lips; then: "The law is not made fo' those in whom the higher law is inherent," she said calmly. Ailsa Paige What did Seward mean by saying that there was a "higher law" than the Constitution? A Short History of the United States With these thoughts there suddenly flashed through his brain the plan of eluding an iniquitous law, in order to sustain a higher law of justice and humanity. Isaac T. Hopper They would vote for a conservative Republican; but Seward and radicalism and "higher law" would bring them inevitable defeat. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 She believed there exists a higher rule than that of Parliament, and to this higher law she submitted. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy That is what will make you see this 'higher law,' some time. The Purchase Price The code of a gentleman, to say nothing of a higher law of rectitude, necessitates protection to this extent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 The provisions of the Federal Constitution, it was maintained, must yield to the "higher law," and if the Constitution could neither be altered nor bent to this end, means must be found to circumvent it. The Marrow of Tradition But there is a higher law than the Constitution which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 The higher laws of affinity, as applied to the Romanic languages, are also daily more a matter of investigation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Your 'moral law,' your 'higher law,' gentlemen, I don't find in my legal reading. The Purchase Price The higher law everywhere suffers disturbances, from the resistance of the lower forces, which cannot be entirely conquered. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time Mr. Delamere's property belonged of right to the white race, and by the higher law should remain in the possession of white people. The Marrow of Tradition It's either law or—" "But," says Grimes, "there's a higher law than that on the statute books. Danny's Own Story "Well," said the traveler, "perhaps there is another law, or perhaps there is a higher law than the law of gravity, which, when it is understood, will explain how planes can fly." Stories from the Old Attic I want you to vote with me," she continued, "for the 'higher law.' The Purchase Price Both hate Negroes; both hate progress; both hate the "higher law;" both hate William H. Seward; both hate the free democratic party; and upon this hateful basis they are forming a union of hatred. My Bondage and My Freedom The higher law, which imperiously demanded that the purity and prestige of the white race be preserved at any cost, had intervened at this point. The Marrow of Tradition There's—" "There's a lot of flub-dub," says the colonel, "about higher laws and unwritten laws. Danny's Own Story Don't you see the Honorable W. A. Duer appeals, in this especial case, to "the higher law" of the mob? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 "I reckon maybe it was one of those 'higher law' abolitionists that shot me!" The Purchase Price There is no trace of disunion or of disobedience to the higher law which his wife had been instructed to follow. The Woman's Bible But the inner voice persisted—that for the first time, amid the selfish, or passionate, or joy-seeking impulses of her youth, she had obeyed a higher law. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Without it we should see in Wallenstein a masterful spirit, like Macbeth, playing fast and loose with the higher law and meeting an ignoble fate at the hands of enemies meaner than himself. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller With regard to it, as with regard to the discovery of all the higher laws of nature, he considers "that men have made too untimely a departure, and too remote a recess from particulars." A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare Perhaps you as well as others hold to the so-called doctrine of the 'higher law'? The Purchase Price That which at first sight appears as such, may be but the operating of a higher law which rightly dominates the other. Miracles of Our Lord I should say that, doing their work to the best of their power, they were rewarded with the discovery of higher laws of verse. The Elect Lady There is nothing supernal about him; he is simply the type of a brave and honorable young soldier who tries to walk by the higher law of conscience. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Science teaches us that ordinary mud has in it elements which, arranged according to the higher laws of nature, produce the opal, the sapphire, and the diamond. A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece No," she said, "only the higher law, that of human democracy. The Purchase Price A "higher law," irresponsible at the time, and backed up by the persuasive bayonet, was an authority which brooked no resistance. Report on the Condition of the South The Revolution found the new-made States of the Union without this safeguard against a statute repugnant to a higher law. The American Judiciary They then obey the higher laws of their own beings—they break the obsolete statutes for themselves while enforcing them for others. Woman and the New Race May Heaven lead her, at last, to the full possession of her best self, in harmony with the higher laws of life! Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. The moment we know what we want and ask for it under the higher law of recognition, it is ours, then we only have to wait until we can manifest it. Freedom Talks No. II And as thus the life-giving Spirit imparts Himself according to higher laws than we can grasp, so in like manner the life that is derived from it is a life which is its own law. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts The authority of the "higher law," the absolute necessity of religion for safely conducting the life of the individual and the life of the state, he asseverated with all the earnestness of an enthusiastic believer. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities "Haven't you observed that people break laws, and seem to feel that they are justified in doing so by the force of higher laws?" Together If Jesus has not taught a higher law than was given to 'them of old time,' one large part of His gift to men disappears. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII "And he stood between the living and the dead and the plague was stayed" because by his own transcendent consciousness he set in operation the higher laws of intelligence in substance. Freedom Talks No. II Neither is it necessary, because there exists "a higher law"—a great law of the Creator—that will effectually extinguish the trade whenever it shall be permitted to come into activity. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished No doubt we have a higher law than Jehu knew, and Christ has put His own gentle commandment of love in the place of what was 'said to them of old time.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes We therefore study, not for the attainment of particular feats, but to secure the obedience of all our activities to the higher laws through which they can fulfil the purpose for which they were created. Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System Therefore there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Autobiography of a Yogi He quotes two instances in which ceremonial obligations gave way before higher law. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII All that the higher law looks at is the motive. Within You is the Power Mr. Babbage’s illustration powerfully suggests that this ordinary procedure may be subordinate to a higher law which only permits it for a time, and in proper season interrupts and changes it. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation So in such cases the law of self-preservation gives way to the higher law of self-sacrifice for Christ's sake. Adventures in the Land of Canaan No, there is a higher law—the law of duty, by means of which we try to curb the impulses of Nature. Dawn The higher law is not a thing men argue about, but act upon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 Religion is correct in its assumption of this higher law of morals; incorrect only in its grasp and explanation. Ancient and Modern Physics By "the higher law," they would sweep slavery away, perhaps by moral means, but by endless agitations, until it was destroyed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders To them their course seemed to be dictated by the "higher law." Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen There is a higher law still which speaks to the universal conscience, asking, What is your duty? Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets All nations have recognized this higher law to a greater or less extent. The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution He obeys, in stealing them, a higher law than he breaks. Hawthorne and His Circle The Emir, seeing the kindly concern of his host, smiled as he answered: "But there is a higher law, O Hadji." The Prince of India — Volume 01 There are times when a higher law than that of military despotism should control our actions. My Lady of the North Rhode Island escaped being coerced into the Union by an act of Congress; but she was coerced by the higher law of self-preservation. The United States of America, Part 1 Thus, the idea of a higher law transcending the power of a living generation, and therefore eternal as justice itself—became lodged in our system of jurisprudence. The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution "I have heard of the 'higher law,' David." The Iron Woman Just as there are laws governing the life of the plant, and other and higher laws that of the bird and beast, so there are higher laws for man, and still higher for the Christian. When the Holy Ghost is Come No," said the doctor, "but there is a higher law than the statutes of the States or of England either, and that is the moral law. Nature and Human Nature The Democrats hold that the Constitution was supreme; the Republicans held that there was a still higher law unwritten and undefined. School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time Every law book, every precept of that higher law, self-preservation, every dictate of right, reason or humanity, demanded the deed. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra A higher law than man's holds me guilty. The Desired Woman That is a bow to the higher law in the preliminary ritual of nature. The One Woman Taunted with its legal constitutional sanction, he exclaims grandly, "There is a higher law than the Constitution." The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance "Parson said there was higher law than Parliament." Under the Storm There were the game-laws, to be sure; but there was also a "higher law", as eminent authorities had declared. Love's Pilgrimage Justice on earth is often powerless, but I implore heavenly justice, I implore the justice of life which never forgives, I implore all the higher laws under whose authority man lives. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories You are mine by the higher law of life. The One Woman We may be in order and in perfect harmony to some higher law, the relation of which to ourselves it is impossible to explain to our brother, our sister, or our friend. Dawn The legal contract between them was dissolved; but, since his brief talk with the stranger on the boat, he had not felt so clear as to the higher law obligations which were upon them. After the Storm Just so far as a man obeys higher laws as a matter of course, and uses every mistake to enable him to know the laws better, is morbid introspection out of the question with him. As a Matter of Course When humanity does understand this Science, it will become the law of Life to man, - even the higher law 311:24 of Soul, which prevails over material sense through har- mony and immortality. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures But it devolves upon you, ye men, to obey the higher law that dwells in us. Mohammed Ali and His House Hence, marriage should be subject only to this divine or higher law. Dawn This is an early instance of the appeal to the "higher law" in the pro-slavery controversy. An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm Nevertheless, by a higher law, the property will, year after year, write every statute that respects property. Essays — Second Series The hatred and contempt of the crowd punish such men for discerning the higher laws. War and Peace Appeals to a higher law were impracticable and a mere evasion of duty. Life of Stephen A. Douglas This is what Mr. Seward meant by the higher law, a law higher even than the Constitution of the United States. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny The higher law was invoked against the freedom of the press. An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm This phrase, "the higher law," became of first-class importance, both in Congress, in the press, and on the platform. My Memories of Eighty Years All his actions were decided, no longer by his own resolutions, but by an inexorable, higher law—by the iron law of duty. The Coming Conquest of England Seward had proclaimed a higher law which forbade slavery everywhere. this instrument and the Administration paper proclaimed a higher law which established it in all the States. Life of Stephen A. Douglas Hence, in fact, the law of the Conditions of Existence is the higher law; as it includes, through the inheritance of former variations and adaptations, that of Unity of Type. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition It is the perfect poise of body, mind, and soul, achieved by loving obedience to the higher laws of our being and the true union of intuition and reason. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 In that speech, while paying due deference to the Constitution and the laws, he very solemnly declared that "there is a higher law." My Memories of Eighty Years The earth belongs to those creatures who live on it and by it in accordance with a higher law than human imperfection has framed. The Coming Conquest of England Mr. Winterfield's marriage at Brussels—" "Which the English law," Father Benwell interposed, "declares to be annulled by the marriage before the registrar, stands good, nevertheless, by the higher law of the Church. The Black Robe When we have only reached this stage of comprehension, we have yet to learn that a higher law can include a lower one so completely as entirely to swallow it up. The Doré Lectures being Sunday addresses at the Doré Gallery, London, given in connection with the Higher Thought Centre This sacred astral scroll, rightly and reverently studied by the disciple of the higher law, becomes a boundless source of knowledge and inspiration. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 |
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