The works of Charles Kingsley
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1899. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII 1859 Aged 40 Sanitary Work -- First Sermon At Buckingham Palack -- Queen's Chaplaincy--First Visit To Windsor -- Letter To An Atheist--To Artists--Charles Bennett, Frederick Shields ...
MoreThis historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1899. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII 1859 Aged 40 Sanitary Work -- First Sermon At Buckingham Palack -- Queen's Chaplaincy--First Visit To Windsor -- Letter To An Atheist--To Artists--Charles Bennett, Frederick Shields -- Ladies' Sanitary Association -- Exhausted Brain -- Pollution Of Rivers -- The EterNity Of Marriage. "What would become of mankind if the arena where must be fought out the great battle of right against wrong should be deserted by the champions of the good cause with -- disguise it as we may -- the selfish motive of rendering easier to their souls the struggle which all earnest men must wage to the end against their own infirmities? Rather did he emulate the heroism of those who, throwing themselves into the press of human affairs, strike with all their might, and to their last hour, against ignorance, folly, oppression, and are able to say with Sir Galahad: 'So pass I hostel, hall, and grange, By bridge and ford, by park and pale; All armed I ride, whate'er betide, Until I find the holy grail,' And those who thus fight on to the end, content to die in their harness, and in the ranks of the faithful, will also be enabled to say with the pure knight: 'And stricken by an angel's hand This mortal armor that I wear, This weight and size, this form and eyes, Are touched, are turned, to finest air.'" Life Of Sir William Napier. AS years went on he devoted time, thought, and influence more and more to sanitary science; the laws of health, the deliverance of men's bodies and homes from disease and dirt, and their inevitable consequences of drunkenness, sin, and misery, physical and spiritual, became more important in his eyes than any Political reforms. "I am going to throw myself into this movement," he writes to a lady who had established a convalescent home for children. "...
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