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... so greatly admired , that he " cared more for perfection than for renown , " and if he advised his countrymen to seek spiritual illumination by ac- quainting themselves with " the best that has been thought 14 Matthew Arnold.
... so greatly admired , that he " cared more for perfection than for renown , " and if he advised his countrymen to seek spiritual illumination by ac- quainting themselves with " the best that has been thought 14 Matthew Arnold.
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... perfection . To assume that the relationships of society can ever be adjusted to a complete harmony is to indulge a dream which is foredoomed to disappointment . What we may hope to do is to diminish the friction ; but we must make up ...
... perfection . To assume that the relationships of society can ever be adjusted to a complete harmony is to indulge a dream which is foredoomed to disappointment . What we may hope to do is to diminish the friction ; but we must make up ...
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... perfection of the individual , it provides the incentive to endeavour after universal perfection , since only when this has been realised will the full aim and intent of the true idea of culture be attained . And this perfection is only ...
... perfection of the individual , it provides the incentive to endeavour after universal perfection , since only when this has been realised will the full aim and intent of the true idea of culture be attained . And this perfection is only ...
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... perfection in an internal condition , in the growth and predominance of our humanity proper , as distinguished from our animality . It places it in the ever - increasing efficacy and in the general harmonious expression of those gifts ...
... perfection in an internal condition , in the growth and predominance of our humanity proper , as distinguished from our animality . It places it in the ever - increasing efficacy and in the general harmonious expression of those gifts ...
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... Perfection , as culture conceives it , is not possible while the individual remains isolated . " Hence the individual , while striving after his own de- velopment , is required , on pain of personal deteriora- tion , " to carry others ...
... Perfection , as culture conceives it , is not possible while the individual remains isolated . " Hence the individual , while striving after his own de- velopment , is required , on pain of personal deteriora- tion , " to carry others ...
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Page 52 - There is the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty. The power of conduct is the greatest of all.
Page 14 - Culture is then properly described not as having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. It moves by the force, not merely or primarily of the scientific passion for pure knowledge, but also of the moral and social passion for doing good.
Page 168 - Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 23 - It does not try to teach down to the level of inferior classes; it does not try to win them for this or that sect of its own, with ready-made judgments and watchwords.
Page 18 - I say that the English reliance on our religious organisations and on their ideas of human perfection just as they stand, is like our reliance on freedom, on muscular Christianity, on population, on coal, on wealth, — mere belief in machinery, and unfruitful...
Page 143 - Religion, if we follow the intention of human thought and human language in the use of the word, is ethics heightened, enkindled, lit] up by feeling ; the passage from morality to religion is made when to morality is applied emotion. And the true meaning of religion is thus not morality, but morality touched by emotion.
Page 14 - There is a view in which all the love of our neighbour, the impulses towards action, help, and beneficence, the desire for removing human error, clearing human confusion, and diminishing human misery, the noble aspiration to leave the world better and happier than we found it...
Page 98 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...