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" Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most. For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments "
Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing - Page 55
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The Eagle, Volume 18

1895 - 722 pages
...passion, the desire for beauty, the love of art for art's sake has most ; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to...as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake." This is Mr Pater's gospel of the emotions. Shall we follow it or reject it ? Each must answer that...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 282

1897 - 656 pages
...essay with phrases which have long ago become the banal catchwords of the neo-Hedonists : " Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most ; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 22

1882 - 966 pages
...it is passion, that it does yield you this fruit of a quickened, multiplied consciousness. Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most ; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 114

1873 - 790 pages
...passion, the desire of beautv, the love of art for art's sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to...as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake." With this wonderful moral we may well close our remarks upon Mr. Pater's curious bit of philosophy...
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The Academy, Volume 4

1873 - 500 pages
...given time ? " Mr. Pater's answer is that Art is after all the most satisfactory pursuit : "Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake has most ; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality...
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Old and New, Volume 7

Edward Everett Hale - 1873 - 780 pages
...sure it is passion, that it does yield you this fruit of a quickened multiplied consciousness. Of this wisdom the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the higbw quality...
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Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review, Volume 3

1879 - 690 pages
...pulsations as possible into the given time.' Such is his philosophy of life, and he adds, ' of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake has most ; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality...
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Queries: Devoted to Literature, Art, Science, Education, Volume 1

1885 - 286 pages
...passion, the desire of biauty, ! the love of art for art's sake, has most. Art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to...as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake. » » * The poetry of William Morris is neither a mere reproduction of Greek or mediaeval life or poetry,...
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Lena's Picture: A Story of Love, Volume 1

Mrs. Russell Barrington - 1892 - 248 pages
...it is passion, that it does yield you this fruit of a quickened, multiplied consciousness. Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most ; for art comes to yon professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 282

1897 - 830 pages
...passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most ; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to...as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake." These extracts, so well known that one feels almost afraid to quote them, will show those who have...
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