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Present Quotes by Matthew Arnold
- Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower class.
- At the present moment two things about the Christian religion must surely be clear to anybody with eyes in his head. One is, that men…
- But the idea of science and systematic knowledge is wanting to our whole instruction alike, and not only to that of our business class ...…
- The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a…
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