 The whole scope of the essay is to recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties; culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought...  Matthew Arnold: Poet and Critic - Page 42by Arnold Schrag - 1904 - 94 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Crary Brownell - 1901 - 308 pages
...himself—religious, poetic, critical, political, social — his gospel, in a word. Culture he defines as " a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all matters which most concern us, the best which has been known and thought in the world; and through... | |
 | Hugh Black - 1901 - 362 pages
...worth. This is the constant mistake of the gospel of culture. When Matthew Arnold defines culture as " pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all matters which most concern us, the best that has been thought and said in the world," he assumes that... | |
 | William Harbutt Dawson - 1904 - 470 pages
...Wahren resolut zu leben." In the Preface to Culture and Anarchy he tells us that the purpose of the work is "to recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties, ' ' and lie defines culture as the " pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on... | |
 | William Harbutt Dawson - 1904 - 552 pages
...Wahren resolut zu lebeu." In the Preface to Culture and Anarchy he tells us that the purpose of the work is "to recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties, ' ' and he defines culture as the " pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1912 - 310 pages
...of "Culture and Anarchy," which appeared in 1869, is described by himself : The whole scope of the essay is to recommend culture as the great help out...total perfection by means of getting to know, on all matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world ; and through... | |
 | Mary Belle Hooton - 1918 - 182 pages
...refinement. What is culture? Matthew Arnold in his essay on Culture and Anarchy says: "The scope of the essay is to recommend culture as the great help out...our total perfection by means of getting to know, in all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world; and... | |
 | William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett - 1918 - 544 pages
...for the mass of men to follow. It is expressed in his often-used term "culture," which he defines as "a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world." It is easy to... | |
 | 1923 - 568 pages
...changed. Matthew Arnold, one of the first apostles of modern culture, proclaims as his idea of culture, "a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world." Again: "Culture... | |
 | Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion - 1925 - 566 pages
...his scheme of life. Reading Norzi, one is reminded of Matthew Arnold's definition of culture as the "pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on matters which most concern us, the best which has been said and thought." This is what Norzi seeks... | |
 | Hugh Kingsmill - 1928 - 358 pages
...opened the Crusade with "Culture and Anarchy," which was published in 1869. Its whole scope, he says, "is to recommend culture as the great help out of...total perfection by means of getting to know, on all matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world." Total perfection... | |
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