William Greenough Thayer Shedd: Greatness

William Greenough Thayer Shedd was American theologian. Explore interesting quotes on greatness.

William Greenough Thayer Shedd: 10 quotes4 likes

“The law is obligated to punish the transgressor as much as the transgressor is obligated to obey the law — law has no option. Justice has but one function. The necessity of penalty is as great as the necessity of obligation. The law itself is under law; that is, it is under the necessity of its own nature; and therefore the only possible way whereby a transgressor can escape the penalty of the law, is for a substitute to endure it for him. The deep substrata and base of all God's ethical attributes are eternal law and impartial justice.”

William Greenough Thayer Shedd

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 267.

“The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls, disappears under a criticism that is all-comprehending and all-surveying.”

William Greenough Thayer Shedd

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 36.

“There is just now a great clamor and demand for "culture;" but it is not so much culture that is needed as discipline.”

William Greenough Thayer Shedd

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 113.