James McCosh Quote

It is not the motive, properly speaking, that determines the working of the will; but it is the will that imparts strength to the motive. As Coleridge says: " It is the man that makes the motive, and not the motive the man."


P. 420. - Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)


It is not the motive, properly speaking, that determines the working of the will; but it is the will that imparts strength to the motive. As...

It is not the motive, properly speaking, that determines the working of the will; but it is the will that imparts strength to the motive. As...

It is not the motive, properly speaking, that determines the working of the will; but it is the will that imparts strength to the motive. As...

It is not the motive, properly speaking, that determines the working of the will; but it is the will that imparts strength to the motive. As...