The history of the Christian religion has been a continuous record of men transformed by contemplation of the great Example. (Text.)
(1525)
See [Christ Inviting Men]; [Example, Power of].
IMITATION DISAPPROVED
It is no use to try to get another man’s style, or to imitate the wit or the mannerisms of another writer. The late Mr. Carlyle, for example, did, in my judgment, a considerable mischief in his day because he led everybody to write after the style of his “French Revolution,” and it became pretty tedious. They got over it after a time, however. But it was not a good thing. Let every man write in his own style, taking care only not to be led into any affectation, but to be perfectly clear, perfectly simple.—Charles A. Dana.
(1526)
IMITATION OF GOD
For the Father of all sends sun and rain
On the good and ill and shows that we,
If we would his perfect children be,