Cyrus Augustus Bartol

thumb| thumb|Cyrus Bartol and Henry Bellows Cyrus Augustus Bartol (April 30, 1813 – December 16, 1900) was a Unitarian pastor, author, and hymnist. Quotes Radical Problems (1872) Boston: Roberts Bros. As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character too. "Individualism" (p. 43) Private sincerity is a public welfare. "Individualism" (p. 56) Patience is a nobler motion than any deed. "Materialism" (p. 180) The Rising Faith (1874) Boston: Roberts Bros. There is a hand that has no heart in it, there is a claw or paw, a flipper or fin, a bit of wet cloth to take hold of, a piece of unbaked dough on the cook’s trencher, a cold clammy thing we recoil from, or greedy clutch with the heat of sin, which we drop as a burning coal. What a scale from the talon to the horn of plenty, is this human palm-leaf! Sometimes it is like a knife-shaped, thin-bladed tool we dare not grasp, or like a poisonous thing we shake off, or unclean member, which, white as it may look, we feel polluted by! "Training" (p. 175) External links Category:Pastors Category:Theologians from the United States Category:Unitarians from the United States Category:Hymnwriters from the United States Category:People from Maine Category:1813 births Category:1900 deaths