1 That great need of man, the finite, which admits of embrace, they ignore.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER 2 The finite which admits of progress and sublime toil, they do not think about.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER 3 The indefinite, which is born from the human and divine combination of the infinite and the finite, escapes them.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER 4 The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 93. The Castaway. 5 He is finite, though he is powerful to do much harm and suffers not as we do.