| Literature - 1913 - 878 pages
...Matthew Arnold beheld such a vision. "Let us," he said, "conceive of the whole group of civilized nations as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a Joint action and working towards a common result: a confederation whose members have a due knowledge... | |
| American essays - 1902 - 902 pages
...criticism which alone can much help ns for the future," wrote Mr. Arnold in his luciferous manner, " is a criticism which regards Europe as being, for...spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result." It is the hope of attaining such constructive thought... | |
| English literature - 1865 - 538 pages
...after all, the criticism I am really concerned with, — the criticism which alone can much help us for the future, the criticism which, throughout Europe,...spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result ; and whose members have, for their proper outfit, a... | |
| Edward Isidore Sears - 1865 - 858 pages
...with — the criticism which alone can mnch help vis for the future, the criticism which, through out Europe, is at the present day meant, when so much...spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result, and whose members have, for their proper outfit, a knowledge... | |
| 1865 - 838 pages
...help us for the future, the criticism which, through out Europe, is at the present day meant, when BO much stress is laid on the importance of criticism...spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result, and whose members have, for their proper outfit, a knowledge... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1865 - 332 pages
...But, after all, the criticism I am really concerned with,—the criticism which alone can much help us for the future, the criticism which, throughout Europe,...laid on the importance of criticism and the critical spirit,—is a criticism which regards Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one... | |
| 1865 - 540 pages
...after nil, the criticism I am really concerned with, — the criticism which alone. c«n much help us for the future, the criticism which, throughout Europe, is at the present day meant, when co nmcli .stress is laid on the importance of criticism and the critical spirit, — is a criticism... | |
| Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1875 - 468 pages
...— the criticism which alone can much help .us for the future, the criticism which, through-/ > out Europe, is at the present day meant, when so much...importance of criticism and the critical spirit, — is !a--critici§rn which regards Europe as "'• being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great... | |
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1913 - 1216 pages
...from the same proposition. " Let us," he says,1 " conceive of the whole group of civilized nations as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working towards a common result; a confederation whose members have a due knowledge... | |
| English periodicals - 1879 - 562 pages
...that few things are less vain than real glory. Let us conceive of the whole group of civilised nations as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working towards a common result; a confederation whose members have a due knowledge... | |
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