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" Arnold tells us that the meaning of culture is "to know the best that has been thought and said in the world." It is the criticism of life contained in literature. That criticism regards " Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one... "
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De Boekzaal: maandelyksch bibliografisch tydschrift, Volume 5

1911 - 340 pages
...criticism which alone can much help us for the future is a criticism which regards Europe as berng, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great...to a joint action and working to a common result." Deze wijze woorden van Matthew Arnold — natuurlijk door nem niet voor het eerst als een nieuw Evangelie...
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Specimens of Exposition and Argument

1908 - 390 pages
...thought and said in the world." It is the criticism of life contained in literature. 20 That criticism regards " Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual...common result ; and whose members have, for their common outfit, a knowledge of Greek, Roman, and Eastern antiquity, and of 25 one another. Special,...
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English Literature in the Nineteenth Century: An Essay in Criticism

Laurie Magnus - 1909 - 448 pages
...about the comparative method. His dictum, ' The criticism which alone can much help us for the future is a criticism which regards Europe as being, for...to a joint action, and working to a common result ', has been selected by Professor Saintsbury as the motto for his Periods of European Literature (12...
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Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes

1910 - 514 pages
...thought and said in the world." It is the criticism of life contained in literature. That criticism regards " Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual...common result ; and whose members have, for their common outfit, a knowledge of Greek, Roman, and Eastern antiquity, and of one another. Special, local,...
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The French Renaissance in England: An Account of the Literary Relations of ...

Sir Sidney Lee - 1910 - 530 pages
...the sagacious counsel of Matthew Arnold: ' The criticism which alone can much help us for the future is a criticism which regards Europe as being, for...to a joint action and working to a common result.' In other words, every great national literature is a fruit of much foreign sustenance and refreshment,...
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Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, Volumes 12-15

1910 - 976 pages
...i), and, ". . the criticism I am really concerned with . . is a criticism which regards Europe äs being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one...to a joint action and working to a common result." (p. 39). Again these lines in Intention* (p. 182): — The great majority of people . . rank themselves...
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Book Review Digest, Volume 7

1911 - 576 pages
...literary criticism which Matthew Arnold called the only criticism than can help us much for the future, 'a criticism which regards Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great federation.' " + Lit. D. 42: 121. Ja. 21, '11. 200w. "In general the book is a praiseworthy example...
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Representative Essays in Modern Thought: A Basis for Composition

Harrison Ross Steeves, Frank Humphrey Ristine - 1913 - 558 pages
...thought and said in the world." It is the criticism of life contained in literature. That criticism regards "Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual...common result ; and whose members have, for their common outfit, a knowledge of Greek, Roman, and Eastern antiquity, and of one another. Special, local,...
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Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold - 1913 - 376 pages
...that few things are less vain than real glory. Let us conceive of the whole group of civilized nations as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes,...confederation, bound to a joint action and working towards a common result ; a confederation whose members have a due knowledge both of the past, out...
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Higher Nationality: A Study in Law and Ethics

Richard Burdon Haldane Haldane (Viscount) - 1913 - 62 pages
...us," he says,1 "conceive of the whole group of civilised nations 1 Preface to the Poems of Wordsworth. as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes,...confederation, bound to a joint action and working towards a common result ; a confederation whose members have a due knowledge both of the past, out...
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