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Quote by Leslie Stephen

“He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.”

Work

This book delves into the evolution of leisure and sports in Europe, examining the architectural, social, and political contexts that have shaped these spaces over centuries. It includes insights into the role of playgrounds in European history, their impact on society, and their transformation into contemporary leisure destinations. more

Author

Leslie Stephen

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. more

“My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence.”

Years Born Existence Democracy Grew Husband Grew Up Europe Twenties Moved Various Israel Experiments My Husband Dictatorship Socialist Brazil Utopian Filthy

Author:Elizabeth Gilbert

“The poet should touch our heart by showing his own”

Should Heart Poet

Book: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. Coleridge

Source: 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. Coleridge

“It's a truism that denials never quite catch up with charges. Honest journalists who may have mistakenly printed false information know that the most prominent retraction never quite undoes the damage done by the original publication.”

Knows May Done Honest Information Originals Journalism Denial Journalist Damage Never Quit Printed Publication Prominent Truism

Author:Tom Wicker

“Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal. (An "atonal" folk-music, in my opinion, is unthinkable.) Since we depend upon a tonal basis of this kind in our creative work, it is quite self-evident that our works are quite pronouncedly tonal in type. I must admit, however, that there was a time when I thought I was approaching a species of twelve-tone music. Yet even in works of that period the absolute tonal foundation is unmistakable.”