Selections from the Prose Writings of Matthew ArnoldH. Holt, 1897 - 348 páginas |
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Página xxiii
... 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 Arnold means increase of knowledge ; yes , but he 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 Arnold means increase of knowledge ; yes , but he χχίν INTRODUCTION .
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Matthew Arnold Lewis Edwards Gates. 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 life and ...
Matthew Arnold Lewis Edwards Gates. 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 life and ...
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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 306 - Homer ruled as his demesne : 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...
Página 189 - 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 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 216 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
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 306 - That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; 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...
Página 137 - Adorable dreamer, whose heart has been so romantic ! who hast given thyself so prodigally, given thyself to sides and to heroes not mine, only never to the Philistines ! home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties...
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.