From Wordsworth to SpenderPaul Robert Lieder Houghton Mifflin, 1950 Readings representative of major British authors. For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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Page xviii
... human beings . The unaided memory of any living human being runs back only a few decades ; the college undergraduate remembers less than twenty years . Only the study of history can unlock the past for us , and deliver us from the ...
... human beings . The unaided memory of any living human being runs back only a few decades ; the college undergraduate remembers less than twenty years . Only the study of history can unlock the past for us , and deliver us from the ...
Page 605
... human perfection simply and broadly in view , and not assigning to this perfection , as religion or utilitarianism assigns to it , a 15 special and limited character , this point of view , I say , of culture is best given by these words ...
... human perfection simply and broadly in view , and not assigning to this perfection , as religion or utilitarianism assigns to it , a 15 special and limited character , this point of view , I say , of culture is best given by these words ...
Page 608
... human perfection just as they stand , is like our reliance on free- dom , on muscular Christianity , on popula- tion , on coal , on wealth mere belief in machinery , and unfruitful ; and that it is wholesomely counteracted by culture ...
... human perfection just as they stand , is like our reliance on free- dom , on muscular Christianity , on popula- tion , on coal , on wealth mere belief in machinery , and unfruitful ; and that it is wholesomely counteracted by culture ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH | 14 |
nary Splendor and Beauty | 60 |
Copyright | |
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