Nugæ Litterariae; Or, Brief Essays On Literary, Social And Other Themes

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Think of all this liquid guzzled in seven months ! What were stomachs made of in those days?
Piety that What can be more significant of the Anglo- " Pays." Saxon character, or rather one of its phases, than the title of a book by a leading English preacher, " Making the Most of Both Worlds," — that is, this and the next? AVhat a cold-blooded, commercial view of reli- gion ! John Bull, if we may judge by this mouthpiece of his sentiments, has an eye to "the main chance," to the largest profit, e
...ven in his piety. Can a man thus serve two masters, — worship God acceptably, and have an eye all the time to the highest worldly enjoyment? Is not the man who tries to reap the most of selfish advantage from both worlds likely to cheat himself of the blessings of each ? Such a Christian — if Christian he can be — will be very apt, we fear, to resemble the Parisienne in " Le Paysan Parvenu," who was heartily in love with virtue, 250 NUG^ LITTER ARI^.
but so as not to be at enmity with vice, — " airaant de tout son coeur la vertu, sans iniraitie pouv le vice." What a contrast between this gospel of spiritual selfishness and that of Mazzini, the Italian patriot and litterateur, in the following extract: "Seek not to isolate yourself.


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