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“I am a Liberal, yet I am a Liberal tempered by experience, reflexion, and renouncement, and I am, above all, a believer in culture.”

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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

“Oxus, forgetting the bright speed he had In his high mountain cradle in Pamere, A foiled circuitous wanderertill at last The longed-for dash of waves is heard, and wide His luminous home of waters opens, bright And tranquil, from whose floor the new-bathed stars Emerge, and shine upon the Aral Sea.”

Home Lasts Stars Water Forget Heard Sea Mountain Shining Wave Wide Speed Cradle Luminous Tranquil

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“Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life.”

Class Blood Middle Passionate Middle Class Moderates Bosoms Clinging Thirsty Absorbing

Author:Matthew Arnold

“It is not in the outward and visible world of material life that the Celtic genius of Wales or Ireland can at this day hope to count for much; it is in the inward world of thought and science.What it has been, what is has done, what it will be or will do, as a matter of modern politics.”

World Has Beens Matter Done Modern Materials Genius Visible This Day Ireland Inward Wales Celtic Modern Politics

Author:Matthew Arnold

“To thee only God granted A heart ever new: To all always open; To all always true.”

Heart Granted Thee

Book:Poems ... A new edition

Source: Poems ... A new edition

“The power of the Latin classic is in character , that of the Greek is in beauty . Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly.”

Character Taught Capable Greek Classic Latin

Author:Matthew Arnold

“Below the surface stream, shallow and light, Of what we say and feel below the stream, As light, of what we think we feel, there flows With noiseless current, strong, obscure and deep, The central stream of what we feel indeed.”

Thinking Feels Light Strong Flow Currents Surface Streams Shallow Obscure Below The Surface

Book:St. Paul and Protestantism: With Other Essays

Source: St. Paul and Protestantism: With Other Essays

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