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Great Quotes by George Edward Woodberry
- What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls…
- Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great and…
- Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as…
- Shakespeare is, essentially, the emanation of the Renaissance. The overflow of his fame on the Continent in later years was but the sequel of the…
- Always, some great culture is dying to enrich the soil of new harvests, some civlization is crumbling to rubbish to be the hill of a…
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