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... word not , of course , in its philo- sophical meaning , but as indicating the pursuit of per- fection as the worthiest working principle of life . In this sense every poet is an idealist ; so , too , every po- litical theorist , every ...
... word not , of course , in its philo- sophical meaning , but as indicating the pursuit of per- fection as the worthiest working principle of life . In this sense every poet is an idealist ; so , too , every po- litical theorist , every ...
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... word not , of course , in its philo- sophical meaning , but as indicating the pursuit of per- fection as the worthiest working principle of life . In this sense every poet is an idealist ; so , too , every po- litical theorist , every ...
... word not , of course , in its philo- sophical meaning , but as indicating the pursuit of per- fection as the worthiest working principle of life . In this sense every poet is an idealist ; so , too , every po- litical theorist , every ...
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... words are not recalled , however , to serve as a test by which to compare maturer judgments , many of which , indeed , if less lively in expression , indicated much the same conviction , but rather for the evidence they furnish that his ...
... words are not recalled , however , to serve as a test by which to compare maturer judgments , many of which , indeed , if less lively in expression , indicated much the same conviction , but rather for the evidence they furnish that his ...
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... words are not recalled , however , to serve as a test by which to compare maturer judgments , many of which , indeed , if less lively in expression , indicated much the same conviction , but rather for the evidence they furnish that his ...
... words are not recalled , however , to serve as a test by which to compare maturer judgments , many of which , indeed , if less lively in expression , indicated much the same conviction , but rather for the evidence they furnish that his ...
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... words in Obermann , words at once of protest and lament : But we , brought forth and rear'd in hours Of change , alarm , surprise— What shelter to grow ripe is ours ? What leisure to grow wise ? • Too fast we live , too much are tried ...
... words in Obermann , words at once of protest and lament : But we , brought forth and rear'd in hours Of change , alarm , surprise— What shelter to grow ripe is ours ? What leisure to grow wise ? • Too fast we live , too much are tried ...
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Matthew Arnold and His Relation to the Thought of Our Time: An Appreciation ... William Harbutt Dawson No preview available - 2015 |
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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...