Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsleywas a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian and novelist. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives that failed but led to the working reforms of the progressive era. He was a friend and correspondent with Charles Darwin...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth12 June 1819
country flower men
The traveler fancies he has seen the country. So he has, the outside of it at least; but the angler only sees the inside. The angler only is brought close, face to face with the flower and bird and insect life of the rich riverbanks, the only part of the landscape where the hand of man has never interfered.
truth sake virtue
Truth, for its own sake, had never been a virtue with the Roman clergy.
fall sleep passion
Gradually the sunken land begins to rise again, and falls perhaps again, and rises again after that, more and more gently each time, till as it were the panting earth, worn out with the fierce passions of her fiery youth, has sobbed herself to sleep once more, and this new world of man is made.
angel clouds robes
Those clouds are angels' robes.
angel names bed
The loveliest fairy in the world; and her name is Mrs Do as you would bed one by.
life life-changing sleep
For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep.
wise nature stupid
Madame Nature allows no dangerous classes, in the modern sense. She has, doubtless for some wise reason, no mercy for the weak. She rewards each organism according to its works; and if anything grows too weak or stupid to take care of itself, she gives it its due deserts by letting it die and disappear.
nature law invisible
Nature's deepest laws, her own true laws, are her invisible ones.
beauty christian flower
Beauty is God's handwriting. Welcome it in every fair face, every fair day, every fair flower.
queens science years
[The] great fairy Science, who is likely to be queen of all the fairies for many a year to come, can only do you good, and never do you harm...
spring grief kissing
Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.
children ignorance law
I hope that my children, at least, if not I myself, will see the day when ignorance of the primary laws and facts of science will be looked upon as a defect only second to ignorance of the primary laws of religion and morality.
dream song sweet
Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song.
science rewards virtue
For science is ... like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.