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Leslie Stephen was an English essayist, critic, and biographer, born on November 28, 1832, and died on February 22, 1904. He is renowned for his literary criticism and his biography of Thomas Carlyle. A prominent figure of the Victorian era, Stephen's work significantly influenced the evolution of modern literary criticism.

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Famous Leslie Stephen Quotes

“Why, when no honest man will deny in private that every ultimate problem is wrapped in the profoundest mystery, do honest men proclaim in pulpits that unhesitating certainty is the duty of the most foolish and ignorant? Is it not a spectacle to make the angels laugh?”

Men Problem Laughing Mystery Honest Duty Angel Ultimate Deny Foolish Ignorant Certainty Honest Man Pulpit

Book:An Agnostic's Apology, and Other Essays

Source: An Agnostic's Apology, and Other Essays

“Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.”

Thinking Men Honesty Every Man Public Service

Book:An Agnostic's Apology

Source: An Agnostic's Apology

“God is angry with man. Unless we believe and repent we shall all be damned. It is impossible, indeed, for its advocates even to say this without instantly contradicting themselves. Their doctrine frightens them. They explain in various ways that a great many people will be saved without believing, and that eternal damnation is not eternal nor damnation.”

People Men Way Believe Impossible Eternal Angry Various Saved Doctrine Great Men Repent Damnation Contradicting

Book:An Agnostic's Apology, and Other Essays

Source: An Agnostic's Apology, and Other Essays

“I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.”

Source: The Playground of Europe

“Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.”

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Book:Studies of a Biographer

Source: Studies of a Biographer

About the Author

Born: November 28, 1832
Died: February 22, 1904
Known for: Author
Quotes: 21

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An Agnostic's Apology, and Other EssaysRelated source material

Essays on Freethinking and PlainspeakingRelated source material

Studies of a BiographerRelated source material

The Playground of EuropeRelated source material

An Agnostic's ApologyRelated source material

Hours in a LibraryRelated source material

Hours in a Library: Charlotte Brontë. Charles Kingsley. Godwin and Shelley. Gray and his school. Sterne. Country books. George Eliot. Autobiography. Carlyle's ethics. The State trials. ColeridgeRelated source material

Samuel JohnsonRelated source material

Sir Thomas Browne. Jonathan Edwards. Horace Walpole. Dr. Johnson's writings. Crabbe. William Hazlitt. Disraeli's novels. MassingerRelated source material

The English Utilitarians: Volume IIIRelated source material

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