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“But there remains the question: what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus.”

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Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold was an English poet, born on December 24, 1822, and died on April 15, 1888. His poetry is known for its profound philosophy and admiration for nature. more

“And as long as the world lasts, all who want to make progress in righteousness will come to Israel for inspiration, as to the people who have had the sense for righteousness most glowing and strongest; and in hearing and reading the words Israel has uttered for us, carers for conduct will find a glow and a force they could find nowhere else.”

People World Want Long Inspiration Lasts Reading Force Progress Israel Hearing Righteousness Strongest Glowing

Book:Complete Prose Works: Dissent and dogma

Source: Complete Prose Works: Dissent and dogma

“The sophist sneers: Fool, take Thy pleasure, right or wrong! The pious wail: Forsake A world these sophists throng! Be neither saint nor sophist-led, but be a man.”

Men World Pleasure Fool Saint Be A Man Pious Forsake Sneer

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)

“O born in days when wits were fresh and clear, And life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames; Before this strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims, Its heads o'ertax'd, its palsied hearts, was rife.”

Heart Born Clear Modern Strange Disease Sick Aim Wit Ran Divided Modern Life Sparkling Thames

Author:Matthew Arnold

“The governing idea of Hellenism is spontaneity of consciousness ; that of Hebraism, strictness of conscience .”

Ideas Consciousness Conscience Governing Spontaneity Hellenism

Book:Arnold: 'Culture and Anarchy' and Other Writings

Source: Arnold: 'Culture and Anarchy' and Other Writings

“The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining, and delighting us, as nothing else can.”

Found Sustaining Best Poetry

Author:Matthew Arnold

“The sight filled the northern sky; the immensity of it was scarcely conceivable. As if from Heaven itself, great curtains of delicate light hung and trembled. Pale green and rose-pink, and as transparent as the most fragile fabric, and at the bottom edge a profound fiery crimson like the fires of Hell, they swung and shimmered loosely with more grace than the most skillful dancer.”

Ifs Light Heaven Hell Fire Grace Sky Sight Green Filled Rose Profound Bottom Edges Dancer Fragile Delicate Pale Fabric Hung Curtains Transparent Fiery Skillful Immensity Crimson Northern Lights

Book:Northern lights

Source: Northern lights

“Do not lie to the Scholar.”

Lying Scholar

Book:The subtle knife

Source: The subtle knife

“Both the Oblation Board and the Specters of Indifference are bewitched by this truth about human beings: that innocence is different from experience. The Oblation Board fears and hates Dust, and the Specters feast on it, but it's Dust both of them are obsessed by.”

Humans Different Hate Human Beings Dust Innocence Indifference Obsessed Boards Bewitched

Book:The subtle knife

Source: The subtle knife

“Art is craft: all art is always and essentially a work of craft: but in the true work of art, before the craft and after it, is some essential durable core of being, which is what the craft works on, and shows, and sets free. The statue in the stone. How does the artist find that, see it, before it's visible? That is a real question.”

Doe Art Real Shows Artist Essentials Art Is Stones Core Crafts Visible Works Of Art Statues Real Questions

Book:The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

Source: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

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