If the aristocracy of the whole white race is so to melt in a world of the colored races of the Earth,… — George Edward Woodberry Aristocracy Copy Share Image
Words are intermediary between thought and things. We express ourselves really not through words, which are only signs, but through what they… — George Edward Woodberry Language Copy Share Image
A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a… — George Edward Woodberry Age Copy Share Image
The language of literature is the language of all the world. It is necessary to divest ourselves at once of the notion… — George Edward Woodberry Books Copy Share Image
The school of life embodies a compulsory education that no man escapes. — George Edward Woodberry Compulsory Copy Share Image
From the beginning, about the rude altar of the god, to the days of Goethe, of Leopardi, and of Victor Hugo, the… — George Edward Woodberry About Copy Share Image
What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to… — George Edward Woodberry Book Copy Share Image
Art does not, like science, set forth a permanent order of nature, the enduring skeleton of law. Two factors primarily determine its… — George Edward Woodberry Art Copy Share Image
The world is a multiplicity, a harvest-field, a battle-ground; and thence arises through human contact ways of numbering, or mathematics, ways of… — George Edward Woodberry Agriculture Copy Share Image
A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions… — George Edward Woodberry Aliens Copy Share Image
I am quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication, sympathy and service. — George Edward Woodberry Communication Copy Share Image
Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance?… — George Edward Woodberry Arguing Copy Share Image
We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a… — George Edward Woodberry Advancement Copy Share Image
Always, some great culture is dying to enrich the soil of new harvests, some civlization is crumbling to rubbish to be the… — George Edward Woodberry Always Copy Share Image
My first recollection of hearing Wendell Phillips is from my college days, though of course he was always one of my heroes,… — George Edward Woodberry Anti slavery Copy Share Image
What faith in man must in our new world beat, Thinking how once he saw before his face The west and all… — George Edward Woodberry Astronomy Copy Share Image
Much of a poet's experience takes place in imagination only; the life he tells is oftenest the life that he strongly desires… — George Edward Woodberry Desire Copy Share Image
It is not meant that the artist, in arriving at truth, must follow the way of the scientist, or, in stating it,… — George Edward Woodberry Arriving Copy Share Image
Art is expression; what is expressed is often the vision of a subtle and powerful soul, and also his experience with his… — George Edward Woodberry Art Copy Share Image
To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and… — George Edward Woodberry Being faithful Copy Share Image
Aesthetic freedom is like free speech; it is, indeed, a form of free speech. — George Edward Woodberry Aesthetic Copy Share Image
The growth of art seems to be in cycles, and often its vigorous lifetime is restricted to a century or two. The… — George Edward Woodberry Age Copy Share Image
I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world. — George Edward Woodberry Believe Copy Share Image
You may name a bronze statue 'Liberty,' or a painted figure in a city hall 'Commerce,' or a marble form in a… — George Edward Woodberry Bronze Copy Share Image
Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy. — George Edward Woodberry Eulogy Copy Share Image
