Charles Henry Parkhurst

Charles Henry Parkhurst
Charles Henry Parkhurstwas an American clergyman and social reformer, born in Framingham, Massachusetts. Although scholarly and reserved, he preached two sermons in 1892 in which he attacked the political corruption of New York City government. Backed by the evidence he collected, his statements led to both the exposure of Tammany Hall and to subsequent social and political reforms...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
CountryUnited States of America
curiosity entering edges
Curiosity is thought on its entering edge.
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Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.
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All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.
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Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.
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There is always the possibility of beauty where there is an unsealed human eye; of music where there is an unstopped human ear; and of inspiration where there is a receptive human spirit.
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The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.
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Faith is the heroism of the intellect.
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Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
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Any supreme insight is a metaphor.
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Science is like society and trade, in resting at bottom upon a basis of faith. There are some things here, too, that we can not prove, otherwise there would be nothing we can prove. Science is busy with the hither-end of things, not the thither-end. It is a mistake to contrast religion and science in this respect, and to think of religion as taking everything for granted, and science as doing only clean work, and having all the loose ends gathered up and tucked in. We never reach the roots of things in science more than in religion.
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And let me say only this one word more: that the little things that a little Christian does are not any more than the larger things that an older Christian does.
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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.
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Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed.
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The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of.