| 单词 | Niebuhr |
| 例句 | For Niebuhr the Calvinist, claims to represent God, or to speak on behalf of God, instead of merely talking about God, were howling sins. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z After the war, Niebuhr joined his friend Arthur Schlesinger, the historian, on a committee convened to advise the State Department on the moral dimension of America’s role in the emerging world order. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z David Brooks, who has addressed Niebuhr’s thought in many Times columns and in his book “The Road to Character,” praises Niebuhr’s “audacity” and his influence on both sides of the congressional aisle. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In part because he hated communism, Niebuhr turned to socialism and became a strong advocate of organised labour. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z In Niebuhr's view, it was this good fortune, combined with hard work, ruthlessness, and the material wealth of the continent, that explained US power. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Writing in The New York Times, Niebuhr called the book “a real contribution to American culture.” Maurice S. Friedman, Biographer of Martin Buber, Dies at 90 2012-10-06T01:01:48Z In moments where the political options all seem unsatisfactory, Niebuhr does well. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z During Niebuhr's lifetime his admirers included the literary critic Lionel Trilling, the associate justice of the US supreme court Felix Frankfurter, the English economic historian RH Tawney, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z And yet Niebuhr faulted Kennedy, a Roman Catholic known for his womanizing, for the lack of “moral fiber” and for the “thinness” of his religion. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Jimmy Carter testifies to the image of Niebuhr as a “constant presence” during his Presidency. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Niebuhr's opposition to the Vietnam war did not win him any friends on the right, and so in the 1970s, Reinhold Niebuhr fell out of fashion. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z The film’s opening sequence sets out the now familiar premise that Niebuhr has become a thinker with fresh significance to people who are concerned with the place of ideas and conscience in public life. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In 1928, Niebuhr accepted an appointment at the Union Theological Seminary, in New York, where he wrote a series of books. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Bacevich acknowledges the conservative tradition of foreign policy modesty with a 1951 speech by Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, and with cautionary passages from Reinhold Niebuhr’s “The Irony of American History.” The Mind of Conservatism 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The three labels were inspired by writings by theologian H. Richard Niebuhr, who used them to categorize Christians' attitudes toward engaging with secular society in general. How Kennedy Center honoree Amy Grant has walked the line between "Christian" and "secular" music 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Bacevich has emerged as one of the most effective and outspoken critics of American foreign policy, a role he relates to his own discovery of Niebuhr's work. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Here in America, the Calvinist theologian Reinhold Niebuhr too warned that liberals and leftists overlooked the "demonic and the primal in man's collective behavior." Why did it take 10 years for America to leave Michael Jackson's Neverland? 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z To ask why Niebuhr now is also to ask why Niebuhr at all, for an eclectic group of admirers has always been part of the Niebuhr phenomenon. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Niebuhr's theological idiom is part of his appeal to the American political class, part of what enables him to challenge some of the enduring conceits of American imperialism. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z The great theologian Reinhold Niebuhr said there’s a great difference between optimism and hope. Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump is “what black people have warned America about” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z They influenced Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr, the favorite philosophers of some recent presidents. Maurice S. Friedman, Biographer of Martin Buber, Dies at 90 2012-10-06T01:01:48Z For Niebuhr, simple schemes of good and evil—such as those of the Cold War—are to be resisted, but certain conflicts really do involve questions of good and evil. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The fact that things are not going well in the American wars, and that neither political party seems to have a solution, helps create a space for Niebuhr. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z In fact, from the 1930s through to the 1960s, at the height of US power and prosperity, Niebuhr served as a kind of honoured national prophet. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Niebuhr was a vociferous critic of the Vietnam War when, under Lyndon Johnson, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z But its frontispiece cast a shadow by quoting the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr: “The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.” Books of The Times: From Seat of Power, Battling Many Crises 2010-09-26T22:18:00Z In the 1920s, Niebuhr came to prominence for speaking out against racism and the Ford motor company's labour policies. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z The papers include notes and drafts for nearly all of his published works, as well as correspondence with leading religious figures, including Martin Buber and Reinhold Niebuhr. ArtsBeat: Duke Acquires Papers of Abraham Joshua Heschel 2012-08-06T19:16:17Z And if she doesn’t mind eating with dead people, I’d also have Reinhold Niebuhr and Martin Luther King Jr. Both were remarkable observers of human nature and America. James B. Comey: By the Book 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Importantly, Niebuhr saw these conceits as having historical, not theological, causes. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Several of Niebuhr's books have recently been re-issued, including An Interpretation of Christian Ethics and The Irony of American History. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z It may be of no great significance that a Twitter account likely associated with James Comey has Reinhold Niebuhr’s name affixed to it. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Doblmeier is the director of “An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story,” a documentary released in March. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z After a year and a half of careful wedding planning, Sally Niebuhr was ready to watch her oldest daughter, Kiki LaCroix, walk down the aisle at a winery in Sonoma, Calif., last October. Wedding Insurance 101 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Niebuhr began his career, in 1915, as pastor of the German Protestant Bethel Evangelical Church, in Detroit, Michigan. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z There’s a photomontage of Barack Obama, who called Niebuhr “one of my favorite philosophers” while a senator and cited his “compelling idea that there’s serious evil in the world.” A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In the US, a Reinhold Niebuhr revival is underway. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Though he likes to refer to sophisticated theologians like Paul Tillich, Reinhold Niebuhr and Rudolph Bultmann, he works from a fundamentalist canon of the Scripture. The Pious Presidency of Jimmy Carter 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Niebuhr was famous for his Serenity Prayer: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.” New Directions for American Foreign Policy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Niebuhr's energy and ambition compelled WH Auden, another appreciative reader, to call him "an ecclesiastical Orson Welles". Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z His ability to attract disparate followers persists, and proponents of the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan also cite Niebuhr. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Because it inculcated a false sense of virtue and goodness, Niebuhr wrote, power was more likely to transgress God's laws than do God's work. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Appropriately it was the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr who in his 1952 book "The Irony of American History" traced the myriad ways in which noble intentions go astray to spawn exactly contrary results. An atheist in the White House? It could happen, thanks to Donald Trump 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z For several years, in speeches and in writings, Bacevich has been claiming that Niebuhr is the single most important critic of American foreign policy. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z King, citing theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, cautioned that "groups tend to be more immoral than individuals." 'Never Givin' Up' recites MLK's 'Letter' to call for justice 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z What necessary lessons does Bacevich, a former US army officer and self-described "Catholic conservative," see in Reinhold Niebuhr, a somewhat tortured Calvinist intellectual who had socialist proclivities? Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Rodham replied, imploringly, “I gave him a biography of Reinhold Niebuhr.” Reader, She Didn’t Marry Him. Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham’ Reimagines Hillary. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z He entered Union Theological Seminary in 1954, studied under Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich and, in 1958, earned a divinity baccalaureate and was ordained as a Presbyterian evangelical, a minister without pastoral charge. Frederick Buechner, Novelist With a Religious Slant, Dies at 96 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Niebuhr was never an original theologian, nor a systematic thinker. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Democratic nation states were better than totalitarian ones, Niebuhr acknowledged, but that did not mean they represented a higher stage in a divine plan. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z For Niebuhr, God was inscrutable, and so were God's plans. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z Lutheran theologian Reinhold Niebuhr’s “Serenity Prayer,” believed to have been written to address the horrors of World War II, came to his mind. She loved her baby. But at six months she needed an abortion 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z "I would come when it's colder. Only June, April," said Dalphna Niebuhr, an American tourist on holiday with her husband in Rome this week, who said the heat was making her visit "miserable." Europe's sweltering summer could send tourists to cooler climes 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z On the contrary, his morality — inspired by Augustine and the 20th-century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr — is rooted in the idea that we are all imperfect. Opinion | Congress is losing a wise institutional patriot 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Reinhold Niebuhr, a popular Protestant minister and conservative intellectual in Detroit, admonished the group for its ostensibly Protestant zealotry and anti-Catholicism. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Those sermons, he recounted, inspired him to enroll at Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he studied under theologians including Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich. Frederick Buechner, prolific novelist and theologian, dies at 96 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z “It’s an important moment, and a serious moment, with this amount of money,” said Deanna Niebuhr, California policy director for the Opportunity Institute who has worked to establish community schools. Will California's $4.1-billion bet on ‘community schools’ transform K-12 education? 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Empires, as Reinhold Niebuhr observed, eventually "destroy themselves in the effort to prove that they are indestructible." Democrats won't oppose the war state: Are they the lesser evil — or the more effective one? 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The idea, well expressed many years ago by the theologian H. Richard Niebuhr, is that “radical monotheism dethrones all absolutes short of the principle of being itself.” Opinion | Can religion strengthen democracy? 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z H. Richard Niebuhr wrote an essay entitled “The Grace of Doing Nothing.” Opinion | ‘Be Kind Whenever Possible. It Is Always Possible.’ 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Authorities said the younger Niebuhr was sitting on a couch watching television when his father walked up and shot him. Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in son’s death 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The great theologian Reinhold Niebuhr seemed to think this. Opinion | This Christmas, we’re turning darkness into light 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z In his days as a candidate, columnist David Brooks interviewed Obama and waxed euphoric about his familiarity with Reinhold Niebuhr, the American philosopher-theologian. Opinion | Obama’s memoir has stolen the show — and he has more chapters to write 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Like a lot of atheists, I found the theology of Reinhold Niebuhr very helpful. How faith shapes my politics 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Theologian and philosopher Reinhold Niebuhr, in his essay "Perils of American Power," published in The Atlantic Magazine in 1932, wrote of the uneasy combination in the United States of economic strength and political incompetence. Do business leaders have any business being president? Available evidence says no 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z A day after being taken to the hospital, Niebuhr attacked his brother and was committed to Allen Hospital in Waterloo for 10 days, according to court documents. Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in son’s death 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The Washington-based meeting recently ended by collectively saying the famous “Serenity Prayer,” which is attributed to the late theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. Alcoholics Anonymous, struggling to reach new members during the shutdown, expects a surge 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z She described her mother, Ursula Niebuhr, a noted scholar who established the religion department at New York’s Barnard College, as “extremely English in a high Oxonian way.” Elisabeth Sifton, revered book editor and publisher, dies at 80 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z As we approach the historic trial of the impeachment of our president, we should be cautioned by the words of Reinhold Niebuhr from his 1952 book, “The Irony of American History”: Opinion | The world will be watching. What will the Senate show it? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Who could better exemplify Niebuhr's point than the man currently utilizing the White House as a Twitter pad? Do business leaders have any business being president? Available evidence says no 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Doctors said Niebuhr appeared to be hearing voices but his condition improved when he took the medication. Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in son’s death 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Other sources quoted Niebuhr from a decade earlier, and he himself later wrote that the prayer “may have been spooking around for years, even centuries, but I don’t think so.” Elisabeth Sifton, Editor and Tamer of Literary Lions, Dies at 80 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Even Niebuhr — to Ms. Sifton, he was simply “Pa” — entertained the possibility, when pressed, that the prayer might have included elements of other theological writings that he had absorbed in his years of study. Elisabeth Sifton, revered book editor and publisher, dies at 80 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z To weigh in on Twitter in the early days of the Robert Mueller investigation, former FBI director James Comey called himself “Reinhold Niebuhr”, after an intellectual hero. Pierre Delecto: Mitt Romney's secret online alter-ego for eight years 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Does anyone think that were he to see our politics today, Niebuhr's assessment of nearly a century ago would be materially different? Do business leaders have any business being president? Available evidence says no 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Niebuhr apparently stopped taking the medication after being released from Allen Hospital, according to the court documents. Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in son’s death 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Since the prayer began circulating during World War II, various theories have emerged about its derivation — did Niebuhr actually write it or cobble it together from historic precedents? — and about its precise wording. Elisabeth Sifton, Editor and Tamer of Literary Lions, Dies at 80 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Niebuhr did not object to the prayer’s later application by Alcoholics Anonymous to personal struggles with addiction. Elisabeth Sifton, revered book editor and publisher, dies at 80 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z He can hold forth in one breath on the humbling task of bird-feeder maintenance and in another invoke the teachings of the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. James Comey Would Like to Help 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Prominent mainline theologians were regular guests at the White House; Reformed theologian Reinhold Niebuhr was featured on the cover of Time magazine. Democratic candidates are hiring faith outreach directors — but to reach out to whom? 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Niebuhr pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in son’s death 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Martin Luther King read the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and Gandhi on civil disobedience. Resistance can't be tweeted: Social and political change is built on reading 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Police said Niebuhr and Anderson are charged with defacing a public monument and disorderly conduct. Police: Vandals defaced Confederate statue with KKK hoods 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z She was Jewish, and Dr. Davis — long nonreligious, but influenced by the Christian theologian Reinhold Niebuhr — converted, planning his bar mitzvah at the age of 80. David Brion Davis, Pulitzer-winning historian who reshaped study of slavery, dies at 92 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Daniel Niebuhr does not yet have a listed attorney. Iowa man accused of fatally shooting adult son 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Niebuhr will be held at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Oakdale. Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in son’s death 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “The Vital Center” reflected the influence on Schlesinger of political philosopher and Christian theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, who observed that “man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” Opinion | Our civilization is crumbling. Again. 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Brundage’s book does more than just affirm Niebuhr’s statement; it answers how we deceive ourselves into thinking we are a virtuous nation. An ugly American tradition that dates back to our earliest settlers: 'Civilizing Torture' 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z His prolific writings in that turbulent era inspired thinkers as disparate as W. E. B. Du Bois and Reinhold Niebuhr. Gandhi for the Post-Truth Age 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z There are quotes about truth and justice from George Orwell, Reinhold Niebuhr and Mark Twain. Opinion | Money Talks. Will the G.O.P. Listen? 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z In 1952 Reinhold Niebuhr complained that many of his fellow anti-communists were constantly requiring “that the foe is hated with sufficient vigor.” The problem with wokeness 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The former FBI chief invokes Reinhold Niebuhr, on whom he wrote his college thesis, but not as if he actually read Niebuhr. Should Presidents Be ‘Good’ People? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Reinhold Niebuhr says that forgiveness is the greatest love of all. Opinion | Further excerpts from James Comey’s book, if the existing ones are anything to go on 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z This bland do-gooder has little of the “sublime madness” that Niebuhr identified in the man who wrestled with the snake of politics. Gandhi for the Post-Truth Age 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Until his cover was blown, Comey shared nature photographs on Twitter using the name “Reinhold Niebuhr,” and both his 1982 thesis and this memoir highlight how much Niebuhr’s work resonated with him. James Comey Has a Story to Tell. It’s Very Persuasive. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z If his childhood instilled King’s belief in a loving God, Niebuhr’s work tempered his idealism and contributed to his strategy of mass mobilisation. The making of Martin Luther King’s speeches 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Niebuhr wrote for a time, after all, when presidents were expected to be ready to incinerate half of mankind for the sake of U.S. interests and prestige. Should Presidents Be ‘Good’ People? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z As I stared at them I wondered: Has this man read the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr? Opinion | Further excerpts from James Comey’s book, if the existing ones are anything to go on 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Gandhi’s unique mode of defiance, Niebuhr observed as early as 1932, not only works to “rob the opponent of the moral conceit by which he identifies his interests with the peace and order of society.” Gandhi for the Post-Truth Age 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Graham, Niebuhr warned, would “accentuate every prejudice which the modern, ‘enlightened’ but morally sensitive man may have against religion.” Opinion | Billy Graham was consumed by grace 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Speaking to a mass rally in the familiar confines of an African-American church in Memphis, he did not quote Niebuhr. The making of Martin Luther King’s speeches 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Niebuhr was definitively Protestant only in one way: his inclination to leave it to God to decide who among politicians is a “good” person and who isn’t. Should Presidents Be ‘Good’ People? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z I have read the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr. Opinion | Further excerpts from James Comey’s book, if the existing ones are anything to go on 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The prominent theologian Reinhold Niebuhr once wrote in Life magazine that Mr. Graham “promises a new life, not through painful religious experience but merely by signing a decision card.” Billy Graham, evangelist with worldwide following, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z As Graham announced more and more crusades, theologian Reinhold Niebuhr was not amused. Opinion | Billy Graham was consumed by grace 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z As the civil rights movement took shape, Graham was no social activist and never joined marches, which led prominent Christians such as theologian Reinhold Niebuhr to condemn him as too moderate. Procession planned for ‘America’s Pastor,’ Rev. Billy Graham 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z When perusing Mr. Comey’s book, a reader might keep in mind Niebuhr’s description of our governing elites as experts in “unconscious and conscious identification of their special interests with general interests and universal values.” Should Presidents Be ‘Good’ People? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The initials, as Reinhold Niebuhr would tell us, are no coincidence. Opinion | Further excerpts from James Comey’s book, if the existing ones are anything to go on 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Graham was no social activist and never joined marches, which led prominent Christians such as theologian Reinhold Niebuhr to publicly condemn Graham as too moderate. Evangelist Billy Graham, who reached millions, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The Rev. Graham was no social activist and never joined marches, which led prominent Christians such as theologian Reinhold Niebuhr to publicly condemn Graham as too moderate. Evangelist Billy Graham, who reached millions, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Thus, Reinhold Niebuhr’s aphorism: “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” Opinion | The real greatest threat to democracy this year 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Why did James Comey secretly name his Twitter account ‘Reinhold Niebuhr’? Here’s what we know. Perspective | The Protestant Reformation was 500 years ago. What needs reform in American religion today? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z But most hands do that when confronted with mine, except President Barack Obama’s, and — I hope — Reinhold Niebuhr’s, if we ever meet, in this life or the next. Opinion | Further excerpts from James Comey’s book, if the existing ones are anything to go on 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The alias "Reinhold Niebuhr" account posted a series of mysterious images of Mr Comey on Monday. Comey confirms 'secret' Twitter account 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The trail got much warmer after Niebuhr tweeted an Anchorman meme with the slogan “Actually I am not even mad, that’s amazing” and a link to the FBI jobs page. Former FBI director James Comey confirms he is Twitter's Reinhold Niebuhr 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z With a new Twitter pseudonym — Reinhold Niebuhr — Comey revealed he was in Iowa with his wife Patrice, an Iowa native whose father was celebrating his 90th birthday. Former FBI director in Iowa: It’s for family, not politics 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z With a new Twitter pseudonym - Reinhold Niebuhr - Comey revealed he was in Iowa with his wife Patrice, an Iowa native whose father was celebrating his 90th birthday. Former FBI director in Iowa: It’s for family, not politics 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z All that I can offer to her is the fact that Reinhold Niebuhr says that forgiveness is the final form of love. Opinion | Further excerpts from James Comey’s book, if the existing ones are anything to go on 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The Reinhold Niebuhr name on the account refers to an American theologist that the former FBI director reportedly wrote his university thesis on. Comey confirms 'secret' Twitter account 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Like Niebuhr in 1952, they recognize that ideological rigidity is counterproductive. A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Comey considered Niebuhr, however, to be an intellectual giant, one of “the world’s greatest moral and political theologians.” James Comey’s Intellectual History 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Comey’s appointment with fate on Thursday could turn out to be the most fitting climax in public life for a faithful student of Niebuhr, Greenberg said. James Comey Senate testimony: America braces for a historic political moment 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Tellingly, Niebuhr was a theologian, public intellectual, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient targeted for FBI surveillance because of his lawful opposition to the Vietnam War. Will the next FBI director be a J Edgar Hoover-like figure? | Harrison Rudolph 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z For the ironists, like Reinhold Niebuhr or Isaiah Berlin, those purists who aim to be higher than the angels often end up lower than the beasts. Embrace, don’t retreat from, our cultural and ideological differences 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Drawing contrasts between the 18th and 20th centuries, Niebuhr invoked the generally optimistic French Enlightenment philosophe, the Marquis de Condorcet, who was a friend of Thomas Jefferson’s. A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z “The pretensions of virtue are as offensive to God as the pretensions of power,” Niebuhr said. James Comey’s Intellectual History 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z But his interest and attachment to works of Niebuhr remained a constant. James Comey Senate testimony: America braces for a historic political moment 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Niebuhr once wrote, “The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.” Will the next FBI director be a J Edgar Hoover-like figure? | Harrison Rudolph 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Selected readings by American theologian and ethicist Reinhold Niebuhr provide the springboard. Religion events from around the Washington area 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z In 1952, the vigorous mind of a renowned theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr, produced a book titled “The Irony of American History.” A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z At the same time, Comey noted, Niebuhr recognized that it could be dangerous for a politician to see himself as a moral beacon. James Comey’s Intellectual History 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Remaining aware that even the righteous can do both good and evil is central to Niebuhr’s project. Obama and Hiroshima’s moral lessons 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Well, this is where I subscribe to the argument that Niebuhr makes in “The Irony of American History.” “The scope of our failure”: The real story of our decades-long foreign policy disaster that set the Middle East on fire 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z The first was Reinhold Niebuhr and his mandate to establish justice in a sinful world, and the second was the venerable theologian Bob Dylan. How Jimmy Carter has long pursued peace, justice and care for those on the margins 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Armed with those enlightened hopes and dreams, Niebuhr contended, the American people developed a “Messianic consciousness” about themselves. A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Sifton is the grandson of the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and the son of a federal judge and a writer and editor of books. Violence in the Age of Terror 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Back in 2007, Obama greatly impressed my friend and fellow columnist David Brooks with this off-the-cuff statement of what he had learned from Niebuhr. Obama and Hiroshima’s moral lessons 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z “I was walking on needles on the floor,” Niebuhr said. Treating Ebola patients rewarding for local nurse 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Douthat noted correctly that the President spoke in the spirit of Reinhold Niebuhr, the great Protestant theologian, and Douthat admitted the validity of much of the President’s argument. Obama's Prayer Breakfast Speech Was Right on Point 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The irony Niebuhr saw lay in the contrast between the hopeful language of the nation’s founders and the political reality of his America. A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z President Obama, like many well-read inhabitants of public life, is a professed admirer of Reinhold Niebuhr, the famous mid-20th-century Protestant theologian. Obama the theologian, partisan and progressive 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s not hard to identify with Niebuhr’s moral reticence. Obama and Hiroshima’s moral lessons 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z At the same time, most religious people agree with the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr that we should all share “a sense of contrition about the common human frailties.” Obama’s Christian humility 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z He met with families of deceased troops and asked his speechwriters to pull together a packet of writings about war by people he admired: King, Gandhi, Churchill, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Reinhold Niebuhr. Private moments helped shape Obama’s education about war 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Niebuhr ran and dove out the drive-through window, but was followed and shot several times, documents said. Man accused of killing 3 in Idaho fights extradition from Washington 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Police found Niebuhr lying in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. Documents detail victim’s attempted escape in Idaho killings 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z As a student of Reinhold Niebuhr, the great theologian who was at once a liberal and a realist, President Obama has spent many years pondering this tension. Obama and Hiroshima’s moral lessons 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The shooter then drove to the restaurant and shot manager Belinda Niebuhr, 47, who died at a hospital, Duke said. Police seek motive in Idaho shooting rampage that killed 3 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Moments later, Lee shot and killed the Arby’s manager – Belinda Niebuhr, 47 – after entering the restaurant and asking to see her, authorities said. Accused Idaho gunman may have threatened violence on social media 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z And while Stoics do not believe in an intercessory god, their spirit suffuses the Serenity Prayer, written by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and later hijacked by the Twelve Step movement. Meet the Real Stoics Taking Psychology Back to the 3rd Century BC Following the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Obama told his audience in Oslo that, in a fallen world, force and the evil it brings are sometimes inescapable. Obama’s Two Speeches and a Tragedy 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Sprinkling his columns with references to “irony” as he channeled the spirit of Reinhold Niebuhr, Brooks might have chosen to reflect deeply on all that had gone wrong in Iraq and in his own calculations. David Brooks is constantly wrong 2013-09-15T15:30:00Z Reinhold Niebuhr, the great public theologian of the 20th century, said, “Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.” Sin in Steubenville 2013-03-26T12:54:10Z The twentieth-century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr captured our obligations well when he remarked that the “sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.” A Gunowner’s Case Against Assault Weapons 2012-07-23T12:00:14Z He admires him but not blindly; holding the safe middle path between the excessive veneration shown by Middleton and Niebuhr and the unreasonable animosity of Drumann and Mommsen. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "My presentiment of the emotions with which I should behold the Roman ruins, has proved quite correct," wrote Niebuhr. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The suggestion of Niebuhr, that yellow fever may have been one of the causes of death during the plagues of Athens, can not be authoritatively denied. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It was re-established, but at the time of Niebuhr’s visit to the gulf a few years later no European remained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z He had read widely in theology — Saint Augustine and Nietzsche and Reinhold Niebuhr — but he had no formal religious training. The religion and politics of division 2012-02-23T16:46:00Z Mr. Herbert is a decided adherent of the modern critical school of history, the principles of which have been applied to Roman antiquities with such admirable effect by the German Niebuhr and the English Arnold. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Niebuhr states that it is a popular superstition that the beautiful Tarpeia still sits, sparkling with gold and jewels, enchanted and motionless, in a cave in the centre of the hill. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z He had read widely in theology — St. Augustine and Nietzsche and Reinhold Niebuhr — but he had no formal religious training. The religion and politics of division 2012-02-23T16:46:00Z The disorderly scepticism of the eighteenth century was transformed by Niebuhr into a scientific method that paved the way by criticism to positive results. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The works of Burnouf, Niebuhr, le Brun and Porter came to his hands, and with such assistance he made rapid progress, and in the winter of 1838-1839 his alphabet of ancient Persian was almost complete. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Bunsen, the story runs, was in attendance on his employer, at that time Prussian Minister at Rome, when the King of Prussia, then Crown Prince, paid Niebuhr a visit. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z According to Niebuhr, the dweller amid the vines of the Esquiline, when he descends into the city, still says, "I am going to Rome." Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Niebuhr went so far as to assert that the Romans in early times possessed epic poems, 'which in power and brilliance of imagination leave everything produced by the Romans in later times far behind them.' The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It is true, as Niebuhr asserts, 'He is a very dishonest writer.' The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z When 630 Niebuhr had made his list of signs he naturally enough decided that this language, whatever it might be, was written in alphabetic characters, a conclusion which later investigation has not overthrown. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Niebuhr’s letters have been published, and some years ago a biography of him, founded on them, was attempted in Tait’s Magazine, and broke down; but Bunsen’s will be the life. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The man who will reproach him, as Niebuhr did Plato, with being a bad citizen, may do so, and be himself a good one; so he and Plato will be right together! Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z There is no direct evidence of the time when these compositions, some of which were believed by Niebuhr to have attained the dimensions of Epic poems, existed, or when they fell into disuse. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The author states that the plate is copied from Le Voyage de Niebuhr, T. 1, Tab. vi. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Beyond this Niebuhr was not able to go, and not even one sign revealed its secret to his inquiry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Niebuhr was foolish enough to die of the Three Days of July, 1830, being a staunch conservative. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The school, where the eminent theologian Reinhold Niebuhr once taught, is also known as the birthplace of black theology. Cornel West Returning to Union Theological Seminary 2011-11-16T22:46:11Z The inferences that may fairly be drawn from these statements are opposed to some of the conclusions of Niebuhr. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z As Reinhold Niebuhr wrote, the sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. Can We Prevent Another Penn State? 2011-11-14T10:00:19Z Dr. Zimmer does not proceed upon the hypotheses of Niebuhr and others, but conceives that the writing of history and romance ought to be essentially different. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z This objection is tersely stated in a passage from a letter by Niebuhr, which was quoted by the Commissioners for examining into the University of Oxford. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z The fact is that he was half a Pagan to the end, and, as Niebuhr has truly said, we do him a grievous wrong if we judge his actions by a purely Christian standard. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z But is there any reason to suppose that these compositions were of the nature and importance assigned to them by Niebuhr, and had any value in respect of invention and execution? The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z For had I not learnt the Roman kings by heart, it would subsequently have been a matter of perfect indifference to me whether Niebuhr had or had not proved that they never really existed. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Arabia received very careful attention, in the 18th century, from the Danish scientific mission, which included Carsten Niebuhr among its members. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z With Niebuhr's publication the work of decipherment became possible. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z Niebuhr in the chapter library of Verona, in which certain of the works of St Jerome were written over some earlier writings, which proved to be the lost work of Gaius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The most distinguished supporters of this theory were Niebuhr and Macaulay. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The study of this important science, which Niebuhr truly calls the magistra vitæ, has received within our days an impulse such as it never had before. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The difficulties in accepting this legend were first shown by Niebuhr; and then came Arnold, who told again the legend as a mere nursery tale, refusing to call it history. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Niebuhr further pointed out that they comprised three different systems of cuneiform writing, which in the case of every text followed one another in a regular order. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z But a Danish Niebuhr may yet illuminate the whole theatre of this Pantheon. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But it was not from any of these sources that Niebuhr supposed the poetical character of early Roman history to be derived. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z As one of the translators of Niebuhr he moulded English historical thought; and his translation of Schleiermacher’s essay on St. Luke made an equally deep impression on English theology. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Grote quotes Niebuhr constantly, and takes from his Lectures on Ancient History more than from any other modern source. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z As we have seen, Niebuhr had perceived that the Persepolitan inscriptions were in three different systems of writing. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z Yet a later revelation from Niebuhr, according to his Platonic ideas, sees but three metaphysical beings 492 the types of the soul, the understanding, and the senses. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is alleged against him by Niebuhr, that through jealousy he suppressed the ballad and epic poetry of the early bards. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It acted most directly on the students of ancient history, and Niebuhr was the channel through which it was transmitted to England. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z It may not be necessary or desirable to copy Niebuhr’s course with exactness. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z By Linnaeus he was recommended to Frederick V. of Denmark, who appointed him to accompany Carsten Niebuhr in an expedition to Arabia and Egypt in 1761. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z For, as Niebuhr observes, "the basin of the Po, and of the rivers emptying themselves into it was originally a vast bay of the sea," which by gradual embanking was confined within its present channels. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z The dethroning of Euripides was the result of a German conspiracy, carried out with much energy by Niebuhr, and with even more by Schlegel. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z But whatever doubts may cloud some of the conclusions of Niebuhr, it was he who enabled the English historians to breathe life into the dry bones of ancient history. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Niebuhr, probably, as I have already shown, has attributed too much to these old heroic ballads, and has assigned to them an extent and importance of which there are no adequate proofs. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Cruttenden, assistant to the Political Agent at Aden, heard the same version repeated at Saana, the capital of Yemen, which far-famed city he has been the first European to visit, since the days of Niebuhr. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z On the evacuation of Berlin by the French in February, 1813, Niebuhr shared in the national rejoicings, and not less in the enthusiasm displayed in the preparations for the complete re-conquest of freedom. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Having thus so greatly the advantage of his predecessors, Niebuhr, Ker Porter, and Rich, it is not to be wondered at that his transcripts are proportionably more accurate and complete. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Niebuhr was the biggest man Germany has produced, but Bunsen was the greatest all round. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Niebuhr thinks, that of all the Roman annalists he is chiefly responsible for having introduced into history the fables of the ancient heroic ballads152. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z And yet Mr. Obama is also an admirer of Reinhold Niebuhr, the theologian who rejected what he considered the naïve moralism of the Social Gospel. Ideas: God and Politics, Together Again 2010-09-05T01:26:00Z We have seen that, at Berlin, Niebuhr delivered his lectures verbatim from written notes. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z “The academy is another piece of Perry’s revitalization,” said Delbert Niebuhr, the city administrator and a Perry native. Rebuilding Perry, Iowa, One Piece at a Time 2010-04-13T21:32:00Z Drawing on Niebuhr, Lincoln, and King, Obama created a vision of America as a place where people took care of one another because it was the right thing to do. 2010-01-29T01:39:00Z Of these adverse criticisms, that expressed by Niebuhr, both in his History of Rome and in his Historical Lectures, was among the earliest. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil In 1759, he made a journey to Gothland, and afterwards went to Copenhagen, in the hope of being sent to Arabia along with Niebuhr and Forskal; but not finding his wishes gratified returned to college. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Niebuhr's mode of life at Bonn was very regular, and his habits simple. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Mr. Niebuhr said a manufacturer specializing in farm equipment was preparing to spend $2.5 million for a new plant in the industrial park, though he declined to identify the company. Rebuilding Perry, Iowa, One Piece at a Time 2010-04-13T21:32:00Z During the next year three other members of the party died, leaving Niebuhr the sole survivor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" “Niebuhr,” says a writer nearly related to myself, “often expresses much contempt for mere incredulous criticism and negative conclusions; ... yet wisely to disbelieve is our first grand requisite in dealing with materials of mixed worth.” An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent His companions suffered a similar fate, with the exception of Niebuhr, who on returning published an account of the journey. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Hence Niebuhr not merely informed and stimulated the minds of his hearers, but attracted their affections. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Livy regards him as a less trustworthy authority than Fabius Pictor, and Niebuhr considers him the first to introduce systematic forgeries into Roman history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Flora.—The flora of Arabia has been investigated by P. Forskal, the botanist of Niebuhr’s mission, P.E. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" And Sir George Lewis again, “It may be said that there is scarcely any of the leading conclusions of Niebuhr's work which has not been impugned by some subsequent writer.” An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Concerning the origin of this singular drama, see some remarks in Niebuhr's Rhein. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Niebuhr's wife died nine days after him, on the 11th of the same month, about the same hour of the night. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Niebuhr to Italy as secretary to the Prussian embassy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Yet the passing notes of travellers from the time of Carsten Niebuhr show that antiquities are to be found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Again, “It is true,” says Niebuhr, “that the Trojan war belongs to the region of fable, yet undeniably it has an historical foundation.” An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Niebuhr is buried in the cemetery outside of the Sterntor, where a monument was placed to his memory by Frederick William IV. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Niebuhr was born pre-eminently gifted, was trained by intellectual and tender parents, and his whole career is one story of the progress made by a mind which united extraordinary powers with untiring industry. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Great misery was caused by them in 1463, and just three hundred years later Niebuhr was himself at Cairo during a plague of them. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus The story of modern exploration begins with the despatch of C. Niebuhr’s mission by the Danish government in 1761. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The general voice of scholars is against Niebuhr and Macaulay. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Not alone Grote, but also Niebuhr, Mommsen and all other historians of classical antiquity, were foiled by the gens. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State But Niebuhr was not only born to achieve greatness. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Niebuhr, the great historian, calls the conduct of the German women admirable. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Niebuhr's stern determination many an ancient reputation Tumbles from its lofty station; Hardouin's sacrilegious hand Threatens Virgil; Shepherd scarce will let one ancient father stand. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) But his style is undoubtedly of its own kind scholarly and excellent; the matter of his history suffers from the common fault of taking Niebuhr at too high a valuation. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The first historian who had at least a vague conception of the nature of the gens was Niebuhr, thanks to his familiarity with the Dithmarsian families. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Niebuhr's relinquishment of office, in 1810, forms an important epoch in his life. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z The great critic Niebuhr, by whose opinions I am guided in the views I express of these events, admits that the Greek accounts, when examined, present little that was possible. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition With the exception of Niebuhr, the chief authorities have considered the Iberi as the aborigines, and the Celts as emigrants from Gaul. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Happily, at that time, Niebuhr was unknown, and sceptical criticism had not begun its deadly work. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations Public affairs were conducted by the Senate composed, as Niebuhr was the first to state correctly, of the chiefs of the three hundred gentes. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The last political occurrence in which Niebuhr was strongly interested, was the trial of the ministers of Charles the Tenth; it was indirectly the cause of his death. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z It is true, as Niebuhr asserts, "He is a very dishonest writer." History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The Italians consider him to have been a prodigy in philological power that might have rivalled Niebuhr. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion How far the Old and the New Testament would stand the critical tests enunciated by Niebuhr was a frequent subject of controversy, during the time I spent at Paris, between young Renan and myself. My Autobiography A Fragment The ruins were rediscovered by Niebuhr in 1756; subsequent explorers more accurately described them; and they were thoroughly examined, and their monumental records deciphered, about thirty years ago. Bible Romances First Series Niebuhr's friends in Holstein could hardly trust their eyes when he wrote them word that he was drilling for the army, and that his wife entered with equal enthusiasm into his feelings. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z The biographies of the kings offer such undeniable evidence of being mere romances, that, since the time of Niebuhr, they have been received by historians in that light. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Such an arrangement must necessarily be hypothetical, like Niebuhr's treatment of Roman history, though extremely probable. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion It was said by Dr. Arnold that the Old Testament required a Niebuhr; and Bishop Colenso is not a Niebuhr. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 To use Niebuhr's expression, a legend is "a mirage produced by an invisible object according to an unknown law of refraction." Introduction to the Study of History Niebuhr described exactly how they were placed, and the progress of the action. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Niebuhr, on the heredity of mental characteristics in some Roman families, ii. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) But it stands contrasted with the latter by caution, as marked as that which separates recent critics838 of Roman history from earlier ones, like Niebuhr. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion ‘Genuine poetry,’ says Niebuhr, ‘imprinted with the character of the true poet, and constituting some of the most graceful productions of Roman literature.’ Helps to Latin Translation at Sight Ben Jonson could repeat all he had ever written and many volumes he had read, as could Niebuhr, the historian. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character We strongly suspect that Niebuhr, at the age of twelve, would have bewildered with his knowledge some few of our university professors. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z And his last written utterance, signed 'Your Old Niebuhr,' contains a lament that 'depth, sincerity, originality, heart and affection are disappearing,' and that 'shallowness and arrogance are becoming universal.' The History of Dartmouth College They transferred to the Hebrew literature the critical method by which Wolf had destroyed the unity of Homer, and Niebuhr the credibility of Livy. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Niebuhr, in his travels through Arabia, met with hordes of these strolling Gipsies in the warm district of Yemen, and M. Sauer in like manner found them established in the frozen regions of Siberia. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement What if Niebuhr should say, "For you I will decipher the monuments, all ruins and obelisks, all man's parchments and manuscripts for setting forth man's upward progress through the centuries?" A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character In this Niebuhr found an allusion to the campaigns of Drusus, B.C. 12-9, and accordingly assumed that the first decade was not published till B.C. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Even Kant offset his metaphysics by lecturing on geography; and Niebuhr, the historian, struggled hard and well to keep his equilibrium by throwing himself into the whole circle of natural science and of affairs. The History of Dartmouth College The half of that period has scarce elapsed, and the prognostication of Niebuhr has been all but realized. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge For if I had not known the Roman kings by heart, it would subsequently have been quite indifferent to me whether Niebuhr had proved or had not proved that they never really existed. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete The turning-point in the development of mythological science was the rise of the modern critical study of history, begun by Voltaire and Gibbon and carried on by Niebuhr and others. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV M. Niebuhr calls banks a poison which should be used with moderation. Principles Of Political Economy But let me rather single out one name from the land of specialties and limitations,—Barthold George Niebuhr, the statesman and historian. The History of Dartmouth College Niebuhr has given expression in his works to his decided opinion, that the dark ages are returning. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge A third group of systems comprises those proposed by Hommel and Niebuhr, for their reductions in the date assigned to Dynasty I. were effected chiefly by their treatment of Dynasty II. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" We have now to fall back on Niebuhr, Gibbon, and the Roman historians, and also make more use of Smith's digest of these authors. Ancient States and Empires Although I have only laughed at these reports, one man's mistake grieved me; for that man's name was Niebuhr.... Principles Of Political Economy German liberalism during this dark period lost some of its foremost leaders by the deaths of Stein the statesman, Arnim the poet, Niebuhr the historian, and Hegel the philosopher. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) His sagacity was justified when Niebuhr discovered in the Biblioteca Capitolare of Verona these very Institutes beneath the homilies of St. Jerome. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Before Niebuhr's time no scientific expedition for the study of the geography of the country or the manners and customs of the inhabitants had been organized. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Among these was the Cloaca Maxima, to drain the marshy land between the Palatine and the Tiber—a work so great, that Niebuhr ranks it with the pyramids. Ancient States and Empires Niebuhr attributes the decline of old Spanish honesty which was formerly so much relied on in all great money centers, principally to the vales. Principles Of Political Economy On the publication of Leopardi's first collection of verses, Niebuhr, the Prussian Ambassador at Rome, offered him a professorship at Berlin, but the poet's failing health prevented Ode to Brutus Minor acceptance. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) If Christianity can be diffused, well; if not, I do firmly believe with Niebuhr that, on the Continent at least, we shall have a return of "the dark ages," and "despotism enthroned amidst universal ruin." Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Carsten Niebuhr was the first to make and bring to Europe an exact and complete copy of inscriptions at Persepolis in an unknown character. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century You will certainly not adopt Niebuhr's autochthonic theory, where such facts lie before you. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities He was a poor German student destined for the Church; came to Rome, and got employed by Niebuhr, from whom he first got a taste for antiquities. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I One of the greatest historical works of a country and an age singularly rich in historical literature, but incomplete, like the works of Macaulay, Niebuhr, and Arnold, and the last work of Prescott. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Niebuhr, in a course of lectures at Bonn, in 1829, said that Gibbon’s “work will never be excelled.” Historical Essays But the enterprising travellers succumbed to illness and fatigue, and Niebuhr alone survived to utilize the observations made by himself and his companions. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Karsten Niebuhr, the traveller, was a Hanoverian by birth; but, having early entered the Danish service, he was attached to a scientific mission sent by King Frederick V. to Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine, in 1760. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities And the historian Niebuhr, an anxious friend, confesses that these devoted men "were hard put to it for their daily bread," yet never has a confraternity of artists more nearly approached an ideal. Overbeck Neander has sometimes been called, but with scarcely sufficient reason, the Niebuhr of ecclesiastical history. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Niebuhr, Villemain, and Sir James Mackintosh are each drawn upon for criticism. Historical Essays Upon re-entering Yemen, he, like Niebuhr, was robbed of his collections and baggage, upon the pretext that he collected animals, in order to compose a philtre, with the intention of poisoning the springs. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century All the other members of that mission having died, it was left to Niebuhr, after his return in 1767, to publish the results of his own observations and of those of his companions. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Let us now turn from polemics to the pleasing descriptions given by Niebuhr and Bunsen of the daily lives of the German Brotherhood. Overbeck The spirit of Niebuhr seems to have reached the shores of India, and this ballad theory comes out more successfully in the history of Buddha than in the history of Romulus. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion “A practical knowledge,” wrote Niebuhr, “must support historical jurisprudence, and if any one has got that he can easily master all scholastic speculations.” Historical Essays Niebuhr may revolutionize history, Lavoisier chemistry, Newton astronomy; but God Himself is the author as well as the subject of theology. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Niebuhr became the friend and patron of Bunsen, and Bunsen became his successor in the Prussian embassy at Rome. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Niebuhr further declares: "I confidently believe we are on the eve of a new era of Art in Germany, similar to the sudden bloom of our literature in the eighteenth century." Overbeck Lassen translated one of the cuneiform inscriptions, copied originally by Niebuhr from a huge slab built in the southern wall of the great platform at Persepolis, in the following manner: 'Auramazdis magnus est. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion I have since learned that the same wish was expressed at an earlier date by no less a person than Barthold Niebuhr. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour Savigny, following Niebuhr, perceived that for this anomaly there could only be a historical origin. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society His History of Rome, though it did not produce so complete a revolution as the work of Niebuhr, stands higher as a work of art. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities To Niebuhr belongs the honour of having been the first to recognise the new school at the moment when it was "despised, derided, and vituperated." Overbeck This is going far beyond Niebuhr, far even beyond Strauss. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion It is easy to oppose inspiration to scholastic culture; to coin antitheses between nature and art; and to say that Shakspeare's Romans are more ideally true than Niebuhr's. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Niebuhr is one of those men whose advent forms an era in the history of human knowledge. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 It contains the results of Niebuhr's critical researches, sifted and carried on by a most careful and thoughtful disciple. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Niebuhr, writing from Rome in 1817, says: "It is a significant fact that some foreigners, even Italians, are beginning to pay attention to the works of our friends." Overbeck But of the last-named none except Niebuhr's History of Rome and Hallam's Middle Ages were accessible to him in the backwoods of Ohio. Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis Accompanied Niebuhr as Secretary to the Embassy to Rome in 1816. Immortal Memories Carsten Niebuhr, the father of the historian, had not the advantages of early education. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Niebuhr, the great traveller, and Niebuhr, the great historian, were both Schleswig-Holsteiners, though during their lifetime that name had not yet assumed the political meaning in which it is now used. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities A veritable mental epidemic seized on the German artists, and when one after another of Overbeck's friends followed his example, Niebuhr took alarm, and bethought himself of what measures could be taken. Overbeck The application of the historical criticism inaugurated by Niebuhr has dealt Protestism a fatal blow, while, on the other hand, it has been favorable to the cause of Catholicity. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 The Senate Room, which Niebuhr wrote of, found favor in her eyes; but after that there was nothing more to do in the University, and it was only six o'clock. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Barthold George Niebuhr was born in Copenhagen on the 27th of August 1776; but with the little old town of Meldorf—once the capital of an ancient commonwealth—his earliest associations were connected. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Niebuhr spent the rest of his life as a kind of collector and magistrate at Meldorf, a small town of between two and three thousand inhabitants, in Dithmarschen. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities If you could so find them, they would be of little avail against the new irruption of Goths and Vandals, which must have been in the apprehension of Niebuhr. Gryll Grange Of the site of Nineveh, there is scarcely a further mention, beyond the brief notices by Benjamin of Tudela and Abulfeda, until Niebuhr saw it and described its mounds nearly a century ago. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Niebuhr was among the first to emphasize the need of a critical examination of source material, and of the building up the past out of these data. A Guide to Methods and Observation in History Studies in High School Observation The diligence of Niebuhr, though often impeded by illness, was immense. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Lastly, the winter in Rome may become to me, by the presence of Niebuhr, more instructive and fruitful than in any other place. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Niebuhr, who did not draw his opinions from prophecy, rejoiced that his career was coming to a close, for he thought we were on the eve of a darker middle age. Gryll Grange The University here is famous for its library, and the great names formerly associated with this institution—Schlegel and Niebuhr. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland At the close of 1815 he went to Berlin, to lay before Niebuhr the plan of research which he had mapped out. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" But the Niebuhrs were never again to know the calm and happy days they had enjoyed. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Rome and Niebuhr seemed the only haven in sight, and thither Bunsen now began to steer his frail bark. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Therefore, I like to read Livy, and I do not like to read Niebuhr. Gryll Grange Niebuhr considers these to be the very words of the old formula. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 As secretary to Niebuhr, Bunsen was brought into contact with the Vatican movement for the establishment of the papal church in the Prussian dominions, to provide for the largely increased Catholic population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Mme Niebuhr, who had long been declining, was grievously changed for the worse by the anxieties of the war. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Niebuhr, who was Prussian Minister, received him with great kindness, and entered heartily into the literary plans of his young friend. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities This valuable treatise was discovered in the year 1816 by the historian Niebuhr, in the library of Verona. A Smaller History of Rome It may be well to mention that Niebuhr considered that this account regarding the death of Appius was all fictitious. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Niebuhr was so impressed with Bunsen's ability that, two years later, when he became Prussian envoy to the papal court, he made the young scholar his secretary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Niebuhr had never spoken to his wife of her approaching end: though longing to know her parting wishes, he dared not break the physician's orders against excitement. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Brandis, Niebuhr's secretary, renewed in common with his old friend his study of Greek philosophy. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Niebuhr saw upon the Nile, between Cairo and Damietta, a convoy of four thousand hives, in their transit from Upper Egypt to the Delta. A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year Niebuhr, ii. note 995, seems to doubt whether these belonged to single cities or were the senators of the entire Volscian nation. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 In this object he was at first successful, and both from the Vatican and from Frederick William III., who put him in charge of the legation on Niebuhr's resignation, he received unqualified approbation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The king of Prussia wanted an ambassador at Rome, to negotiate with the pope certain matters touching the interests of his Catholic subjects, and Niebuhr's appointment was the most natural one possible. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 He died on the 28th of November, 1860, and was buried on the 1st of December in the same churchyard at Bonn where rests the body of his friend and teacher, Niebuhr. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Much under the influence of the two scholars Niebuhr and Ranke, he hated the ideas of the French Revolution, and dreamed of an ideal Christian state like that of the Middle Ages. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Among the manuals of Roman History which may most advantageously be used by the student, is Twiss's Epitome of Niebuhr, 2 vols. 8vo, a work frequently referred to in these pages. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 His account of the conversion of Constantine is remarkably just, and he is more generous to the first Christian Emperor than Niebuhr or Neander. Gibbon When at length the concordatives were agreed to, he was anxious for a recall, on account, chiefly, of the delicate state of Mme Niebuhr's health; but for this he had some little time to wait. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 When Brandis went to Germany to begin his professorial work, Bunsen took his place as Niebuhr's secretary at Rome. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities But, according to Niebuhr, the Red Sea is the Sea of Edom, which, being interpreted, is "Red." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Lewis's objections to Niebuhr's 'equally arbitrary reconstruction of early Roman history.' Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" About 1826 the Austins went to Germany, Mr. Austin having been nominated Professor of Civil Law in the new London University, and wishing to study Roman Law under Niebuhr and Schlegel at Bonn. Letters from Egypt The life which Niebuhr led after returning to Germany, was not remarkable as to incident, but it abounded in useful and noble pursuit. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 There is a letter of mine just printing to Miss Winkworth, “On Niebuhr's Political Character,” with extracts from letters. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities The state of things at Mecca in the last century has been clearly sketched by Niebuhr. The Future of Islam We cannot deny it," wrote Niebuhr, "we are quite beaten. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Before her marriage she translated Niebuhr’s ‘Greek Legends,’ which were published under her mother’s name. Letters from Egypt A twelve years' absence had produced many alterations, but the love of country and early home was wrought into Niebuhr's heart, and he enjoyed this renewal of youth. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 The critical acumen of Niebuhr may have dispelled some of the clouds and contradictions in which early historians and poets have wrapped the record of this great event. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Mommsen, Niebuhr, Sir George Cornewall Lewis, and other critics, have made sad havoc with these romantic stories of the origin of Rome. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood "We have been deceived in the plan of attack," wrote the historian Niebuhr, then residing in the city; "and," now that the right wing of the defence is destroyed, "all is at stake." The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Niebuhr’s Travels here and in Arabia, Cook’s Voyages, and many others. Letters from Egypt Niebuhr was only a few months more than fifty-four. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Nor will it be denied, I suppose, that Niebuhr is right when he observes, that the advantage to Rome of having conquered Sicily, as to power and national vigor, was undeniable. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. Niebuhr seems even to doubt whether the Parthians dwelt in cities at all. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The name of Aramaeans, Syrians, or Assyrians," says Niebuhr, "comprises the nations extending from the mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris to the Euxine, the river Halys, and Palestine. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. We see, indeed, as clearly as any Niebuhr or Strauss of them all, that the imagination so pours itself into history as to supersede, or to disguise by transfiguration, the literal facts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 The histories of Arnold and Niebuhr also belong to a distinct class of writings. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Accepting the views of Niebuhr, he wrote a work on Roman History up to the close of the second Punic war. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The history of Roman studies since Niebuhr is largely the record of the activity of a single man. Recent Developments in European Thought Another ground, and that which seems to have had the chief weight with Niebuhr, is the supposed identity or intimate connection of the Babylonians with the Assyrians. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Neither Stein, nor Niebuhr, nor Moltke, were by birth subjects of Prussia, yet Prussia did not lose the inestimable gains to be derived from their talents. England's Case Against Home Rule Niebuhr connects the primitive astronomy of Europe with that of America, and, therefore, must suppose the latter country to have been discovered.—Hist. of Rome, vol. i. p. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 This steady current downward darkened the pure soul of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, of whom Niebuhr says,304 "If there is any sublime human virtue, it is his." Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The fact that the dedication alone is wanting, for so Niebuhr appears to mean, shows that the Life is not incomplete, and there is no reason for thinking that it is. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Thence he made his way south to Rome and Naples, spending most of the winter in the former city among very interesting people, such as Bunsen, Niebuhr and Madame de Humboldt. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Hence resulted most admirable works on Arabia: those of Niebuhr, together with Michaelis, have been translated into French, in 4 vols. 4to. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Niebuhr supposes that the entire history of the Roman, kings was formed from poems into a prose narrative. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 See Niebuhr's Lectures on the History of Rome, for facts concerning the Siculi. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The subject of the Dictatorship is discussed by Niebuhr, Roman History, vol. i. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. She wound the old martinet round her finger, subdued her rampant Americanism in his society, and amused herself sowing the seeds of rebellion in the minds of "those poor Niebuhr girls." The White Morning To be sure, some English Niebuhrs have undertaken to prove the whole story a legend; but, for our parts, we are determined to believe in tradition and Alfred Tennyson’s sonnet. Rides on Railways I study sometimes Niebuhr, and other books about Rome, but not to any great profit. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Niebuhr thinks that the Sabine ritual was adopted by the Romans, and that Varro found the real remains of Sabine chapels on the Quirinal. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Here is the story: Schlegel and Niebuhr had been for some time on unpleasant terms. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 Six months before Mariette's marriage and shortly after the birth and death of her last child, Frau von Niebuhr suddenly returned to her bed, prostrate, on the verge of collapse. The White Morning Niebuhr describes this instrument in his Travels Part 1 page 181. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The great German historian Niebuhr says of the Emperor, as revealed in this work, "I know of no other man who combined such unaffected kindness, mildness, and humility with such conscientiousness and severity toward himself." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 We cannot find in Niebuhr anything to justify the author's aim to constitute patrician Carolina the Tribunus Plebis of the United States. Famous Americans of Recent Times The historical skepticism of the latter was altogether distasteful to Schlegel; and he was wont to deny Niebuhr's claim to the title of historian. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 I shall be delighted to call on Frau Dörmer—" "Countess Niebuhr. The White Morning Among the more recent authorities, two opposing systems have been sustained, the one represented by Montesquieu, and the other by Niebuhr. Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic It was now, too, that he first became acquainted with Niebuhr's "History of Rome," which revolutionised his views of history, and, later, served as a model for his own "History of Rome." The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters The elder Niebuhr seems to have been the first to disparage the Arabian produce of olibanum. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 A tree of the genus Mimosa, according to Niebuhr, bends its branches downward as if in hospitable salutation when any one approaches near to it. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden The idea in my novel of the four Niebuhr girls and their initial rebellion was suggested to me by a family of Prussian junkerdom that I met at a watering place in Denmark. The White Morning Dr. Arnold predicted that a Niebuhr of Jewish literature would arise. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible According to Niebuhr, the sheik of the desert wants only a dish of pillau, or boiled rice, which he eats without fork or spoon. Science in the Kitchen. "There are periods," said Niebuhr, "when something much better than, happiness and security of life is attainable." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 There, enjoying Niebuhr's society, "equally sole in his kind with Rome," he took up his abode, and plunged into study. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 "No one," says Niebuhr, "ever overthrew a literary idol, without provoking the anger of its worshipers." The Grammar of English Grammars Niebuhr led the way in reconstructing the early history of the Romans. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible Those who would follow up the subject are recommended to study Ihne's Researches into the History of the Roman Constitution, in which some of Niebuhr's views are energetically combated. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 As to myself, a layman, I have been very greatly indebted to Niebuhr's first volume, and I hope that the second will increase my gratitude toward him. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes By and by he found himself succeeding Niebuhr as the diplomatic representative of Prussia at Rome. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 Those minstrels, as Niebuhr has remarked, appear to have generally taken the popular side. Lays of Ancient Rome The Niebuhr of Hebrew history rightly pointed out this significant fact in the introduction to his great work. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible Niebuhr, the Danish historian, was remarkable for his acuteness of memory. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine I here find an entirely natural transition to the information which you give me—that our friend Wolf is not satisfied with Niebuhr's work, although he preëminently should have had reason to be. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes For a long time Bunsen, like his master Niebuhr, was on the best terms with Cardinals, Monsignori, and Popes. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 Niebuhr seems also to have forgotten that Martial has fellow culprits to keep him in countenance. Lays of Ancient Rome In 1811 a light akin to that thrown by Bentley and Wolf upon ancient literature was thrown by Niebuhr upon ancient history. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom This Niebuhr, who was a surveyor by profession, was a young man who deserves our admiration. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations From the specimen given by Niebuhr of the Egyptian and Hedjazi dialect, I could show, word by word, that there is not one provincialism in the whole. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred In 1815 came a decisive turning-point in his life—his acquaintance, and the beginning of his close connection, with Niebuhr, at Berlin; and from this time he felt himself a Prussian. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 Niebuhr's supposition that each of the three defenders of the bridge was the representative of one of the three patrician tribes is both ingenious and probable, and has been adopted in the following poem. Lays of Ancient Rome In this work came a further evolution of the truths and methods suggested by Bentley, Wolf, and Niebuhr, and their application to sacred history was made strikingly evident. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Niebuhr's adverse opinion is well known and has often been echoed in one form or another by later critics. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller The ploughs of those Arabs, which are drawn by oxen or camels, resemble those delineated by Niebuhr, and which are, I believe, generally used in the Hedjaz and. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred Niebuhr and Arnold have forever finished Romulus and Remus and the Livian legends, for maturer beliefs; but childhood goes on in the same track. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 An example of historical divination on a large scale is furnished by the theories of the great German historian, Niebuhr, in respect to early Roman history. Outline of Universal History He dealt with conflicting sources somewhat in the spirit of Bentley, and with the mythical, legendary, and miraculous somewhat in the spirit of Niebuhr. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom I believe it was in these parts that Niebuhr copied the inscriptions given in plate 49 of his Voyage. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land That in Niebuhr, which was copied from an ancient Arabic drawing, is less accurate than d’Ohsson’s. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred Niebuhr remarks that no pointed sentences of Caesar's can have come down to us. Caesar: a Sketch In 166 a frightful pestilence broke out, from which, according to Niebuhr, the ancient world never recovered. Outline of Universal History Niebuhr mentions their showing but one eye in conversation. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes In the time of Niebuhr Suez was not enclosed; there is now a wall on the west and south-west, which is rapidly falling to decay. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land The shape of the sandals used throughout Arabia differs in every province; and to those delineated by Niebuhr, a dozen other forms might be added. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred In 1816, however, Niebuhr discovered a palimpsest MS., in which the epistles of St. Jerome were written over the erased "Institutes" of Gaius. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Regal Rome, as we know from Niebuhr, was not the root from which our Rome sprang, but an old imperial city, from whose ashes sprang that Rome we all know so well. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. These diverse excellences, in the opinion of Niebuhr and Arnold, place him indisputably at the head of the Roman historians. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Niebuhr, travelling in 1762, says that Suez derives its provisions in great part from Mount Sinai and Ghaza: this is not the case now. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land But Karsten Niebuhr took a big step higher and nearer to their real meaning. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Niebuhr pronounces him to be the only great man in his generation, and one of the greatest and most honorable characters in Roman history. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities It is more delightful," says the great historian Niebuhr, "to speak of Marcus Aurelius than of any man in history; for if there is any sublime human virtue it is his. Seekers after God The authorship of the African War is doubtful; it seems best, with Niebuhr, to assign it to Oppius. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Niebuhr travelled the same route, but his guides probably did not lead him to this well, which lies among hills about two hundred paces out of the road. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land Niebuhr infers, from a sentence quoted by Quintilian, that Livy began life as a teacher of rhetoric. Roman History, Books I-III The "Scienza Nuova" is one of the great monuments of human genius, and it has inspired many works on the philosophy of history, especially among the Germans, such as those of Hegel, Niebuhr, and others. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Seneca," says Niebuhr, "was an accomplished man of the world, who occupied himself very much with virtue, and may have considered himself to be an ancient Stoic. Seekers after God Others again place him as late as the time of Severus, an opinion to which Niebuhr inclined. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Such a work has Niebuhr performed for early Roman history, and Michelet for the confused epochs of mediaeval France. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 Niebuhr thinks that the words "passing across … Latin way," should be transposed, and inserted after the words "he then took in succession." Roman History, Books I-III Niebuhr made great preparations for his work, and took care not to dissipate his powers by appearing too soon as an author. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Niebuhr, however, a greater critic, though not so great an artist, takes a different view; and both are great authorities. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity This dilettante way of regarding his sources deserves all the censure Niebuhr has cast on it. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius See also Niebuhr, Arnold, Mommsen, and Curtius, though these writers have chiefly confined themselves to republican Rome. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements Niebuhr thinks that Ovid next to Catullus was the most poetical of his countrymen. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations The ancient rhetoricians—a class of babblers, a school for lies and scandal, as Niebuhr justly termed them—chose, among the stock themes for their commonplaces, the character and exploits of Alexander. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) Niebuhr's Lectures on the History of Rome is also a standard work, as well as Curtius's History of Rome. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity If it were not for the fidelity with which he has incorporated without altering his better-informed predecessors, the investigations of Niebuhr and his successors would have been hopelessly unverifiable. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Niebuhr, Bunsen, and Platner, among the Germans, have written learnedly, but also have created much doubt about things supposed to be established. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements Tarquinius Priscus constructed the Cloaca Maxima, that vast sewer which drained the Forum and Velabrum, and which is regarded by Niebuhr as one of the most stupendous monuments of antiquity. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Niebuhr greatly disliked smoking, but took a tremendous quantity of snuff. Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life Indeed, the whole of this most momentous section of ancient history ought to be recomposed with the critical scepticism of a Niebuhr, and the same comprehensive collation of authorities. The Caesars The third book was first seen by Niebuhr to be from another and much inferior poet. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Niebuhr has somewhere noted 'the unspeakable spirit of absurdity' which seemed to possess the ancients, whenever they meddled with this subject; but the charge reaches others beside them. On the Study of Words For the narrative of wars, the reader is referred to ordinary Roman histories—to Livy and Caesar especially; to Niebuhr, Mommsen, Arnold, and Liddell. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Niebuhr places him after Catullus the most poetical among the Roman poets, and ranks him first for facility. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Niebuhr is equally in error when he asserts that the door fronts to the South. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 The reader is referred to Niebuhr's chapter on the Era from the foundation of the city. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Niebuhr notes the trouble they gave him, and their perpetual hankering for both murder and pillage. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 See, also, Niebuhr, Arnold, and Mommsen, though these writers have chiefly confined themselves to republican Rome. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Those who feel an interest in this subject would do well to consult Niebuhr. The Monikins Niebuhr compares their relation to that of Provençal, Spanish, and Italian, whereas Lane declares the dialects to resemble each other more than those of some different counties in England. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Examine Niebuhr's hypothesis of an old Roman epos. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Niebuhr is utterly incorrect in his hearsay description of it. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Niebuhr says it is more delightful to speak of him than of any man in history. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The ancient rhetoricians—a class of babblers, a school for lies and scandal, as Niebuhr justly termed them—chose among the stock themes for their commonplaces, the character and exploits of Alexander. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo Niebuhr has exhausted the names and the description of the locust. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Much importance has been assigned by Niebuhr and others to the ballad literature that clustered round the great names of Roman history. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Niebuhr supposes it to have arisen from the rude drawings sold to strangers. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 The nineteenth century poets and novelists do not seem to have borrowed especially from any foreign element; but in history Niebuhr's researches in Germany have greatly influenced Arnold in his "Roman History." The Interdependence of Literature The article on Niebuhr contains much that is very sensible; but it is not such an article as so noble a subject required. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 Niebuhr always spoke of his wife as a fellow-worker with him in this sense. Character His Roman History, which he regarded as 'the chief monument of his historical fame', was based partly upon the researches of Niebuhr, and partly upon an aversion to Gibbon. Eminent Victorians Niebuhr attributes the extraordinary mortality of his companions, amongst other causes, to a want of stimulants. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 How often since that time, down to the days of Gibbon and Niebuhr, have the same ruins stirred men's minds to the same reflections! The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy While I was reading the earlier books I went again through Niebuhr. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 Niebuhr, the historian, was distinguished for his energy and success as a man of business. Character Niebuhr has asked a trifling question, which may be briefly noticed in this place—Was Plato a good citizen? The Republic But surely the reviewer ought to have given an account of the system of exposition which Niebuhr has adopted, and of the theory which he advances respecting the Institutions of Rome. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 Niebuhr's learning was immeasurably superior to mine; but I think myself quite as good a judge of evidence as he was. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 As to the general capacity of Niebuhr for political speculations, let him be judged by the Preface to the Second Volume. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 |
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