Selections from the Prose Writings of Matthew ArnoldHolt, 1897 - 348 páginas |
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... means for ends , machinery for the results that machinery is meant to secure ; they lose all sense of values and exalt temporary measures into matters of sacred import ; finally they come to that pass of ineptitude which Arnold ...
... means for ends , machinery for the results that machinery is meant to secure ; they lose all sense of values and exalt temporary measures into matters of sacred import ; finally they come to that pass of ineptitude which Arnold ...
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... and Anarchy . One point in Arnold's concep- tion , however , is to be noted forthwith ; it is a crucial point in its influence on his theorizings . By culture S f e 1 -e Arnold means increase of knowledge χχίν INTRODUCTION .
... and Anarchy . One point in Arnold's concep- tion , however , is to be noted forthwith ; it is a crucial point in its influence on his theorizings . By culture S f e 1 -e Arnold means increase of knowledge χχίν INTRODUCTION .
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Matthew Arnold Lewis Edwards Gates. S f e 1 -e Arnold means increase of knowledge ; yes , but he means something more ; culture is for Arnold not merely an intellectual matter . Culture is the best knowledge made operative and dynamic in ...
Matthew Arnold Lewis Edwards Gates. S f e 1 -e Arnold means increase of knowledge ; yes , but he means something more ; culture is for Arnold not merely an intellectual matter . Culture is the best knowledge made operative and dynamic in ...
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... means of educa- tional discipline . The study of the sciences tends merely to intellectual development , to the increase of mental power ; the study of literature on the other hand trains a man emotionally and morally , develops his ...
... means of educa- tional discipline . The study of the sciences tends merely to intellectual development , to the increase of mental power ; the study of literature on the other hand trains a man emotionally and morally , develops his ...
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... means solely what it meant for the exacerbated theological mind of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . If religion is to be vital , if knowledge of the Bible is to be genuine and real , there must be a critical examination of what ...
... means solely what it meant for the exacerbated theological mind of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . If religion is to be vital , if knowledge of the Bible is to be genuine and real , there must be a critical examination of what ...
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Página 100 - These are the forgeries of jealousy: And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or in the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
Página 216 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Página 190 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Página 306 - Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold. Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Página lxxii - Darwin's famous proposition that ' our ancestor was a hairy quadruped furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in his habits.
Página 153 - But, finally, perfection — as culture, from a thorough disinterested study of human nature and human experience learns to conceive it — is a harmonious expansion of all the powers which make the beauty and worth of human nature, and is not consistent with the over-development of any one power at the expense of the rest.
Página 124 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it : but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Página 268 - Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.
Página lxx - And in poetry, no less than in life, he is * a beautiful and ineffectual angel, beating in the void his luminous wings in vain.
Página 190 - Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.