Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration ; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration. If England were swallowed up by the sea tomorrow, which of the two, a... Sweetness and Light - Seite 16von Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 47 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1867 - 796 Seiten
...we excite love, interest, and admiration. If England were swallowed up by the sea to morrow, which, a hundred years hence, would most excite the love,...operations depending on coal, were very little developed j Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 832 Seiten
...hence, would most excite the love, interest, and admiration of mankind, — would most, therefore, shew the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the...spiritual effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operatious depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well then, what an unsound habit of mind... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 354 Seiten
...is that we excite love, interest, and admiration. If England were swallowed up by the sea to-morrow, which of the two, a hundred years hence, would most...admiration of mankind, — would most, therefore, show tKe" evidences of having possessed greatness, — theT^ngland of the last twenty years, or the England... | |
| Manchester Literary Club - 1878 - 310 Seiten
...Oxford addresses he puts this question : "If England were swallowed up by the sea to-morrow, which, a hundred years hence, would most excite the love,...our coal, and our industrial operations depending upon coal were very little developed?" Of course there is only one answer to this question, and when,... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 420 Seiten
...is that we excite love, interest, and admiration. If England were swallowed up by the sea tomorrow, which of the two, a hundred years hence, would most...operations depending on coal, were very little developed 1 Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron... | |
| Robert Blatchford - 1895 - 200 Seiten
...hardly go further. — Richard fejf cries. If England were swallowed up by the sea to-morrow, wh1ch of the two, a hundred years hence, would most excite...admiration of mankind — would most, therefore, show the evidence of having possessed greatness— the England of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 422 Seiten
...that we excite love, interest, and admira- / taon. If England were swallowed up by the sea tomorrow, which of the two, a hundred years hence, would most...operations depending on coal, were very little developed 1 Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 460 Seiten
...that we excite love, interest, and admira- 25 tion. If England were swallowed up by the sea tomorrow, which of the two, a hundred years hence, would most...evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England 39 of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth, of a time of splendid spiritual effort, but... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1898 - 458 Seiten
...mankind, — would most, therefore, show the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the England 30 of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth,...a time of splendid spiritual effort, but when our foa\, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed ? Well, then, what... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 466 Seiten
...that \vc excite -love, interest, and adrniration. If England were swallowed up by the sea to-morrow, which of the two, a hundred years hence, would most...the evidences of having possessed greatness, — the Eogland_of the last twenty years, or the England of Elizabeth, of a time of splendid spiritual effort,... | |
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