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Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
Born: Aug 13, 1823
Died: Jun 7, 1910
Ages Been Great His History Humanity
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Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express. Goldwin Smith
Art You High Must Something Express Expression
Personality is lower than partiality. Goldwin Smith
Personality Partiality Than Lower
The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party. Goldwin Smith
Humanity Party Sympathy Must Unbounded Partiality Like Look Without His Historian Prejudice Novelist
If it were a real effort to live in the Middle Ages, your life would be one perpetual prevarication. Goldwin Smith
Life Live Would Would-Be Real Were Perpetual Effort Middle Middle Ages Ages Your
Rome was great in arms, in government, in law. Goldwin Smith
Government Great Law Arms Rome
Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history? Goldwin Smith
Character History Differences Doubt Between French Course Still Affect Affected Irish Scotch Which English Who Profoundly
That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain. Goldwin Smith
Great Wealthy Rome Certain Comparatively
The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength. Goldwin Smith
Strength Discipline Citizen Made First Submission Submit Soldiers Rigid Lay Had Instance Feel Were Been Roman Formed Who
The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature. Goldwin Smith
Work Nature Faithful Human Nature Must Study His Human Ground Novelist
The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation. Goldwin Smith
Humanity Field Must Be Real Observation Real Materials His Novelist Actual Gathered
There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they wish to try or making believe to fancy that they wish to try, to bring back the Middle Ages. Goldwin Smith
Art People Try Some People Power Wish Believe Spell Back Some Had Wishing Making Trying Middle Middle Ages Which Fancy Ages Bring
No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest. Goldwin Smith
History Moral See More Student Fail Aesthetic Than Any Artist Middle Middle Ages Interest Ages
But if anyone supposes that there was no commercial fraud in the Middle Ages, let him study the commercial legislation of England for that period, and his mind will be satisfied, if he has a mind to be satisfied and not only a fancy to run away with him. Goldwin Smith
Mind Will Satisfied Run Fraud Only He Study Period Him His Commercial Legislation Middle Middle Ages Anyone Fancy Ages England Away
It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method of investigation to which it has given birth, upon the study of history, especially the history of institutions. Goldwin Smith
Great History Needless Birth Say Evolution Has-Been Rather Given Investigation Study Perhaps Institutions Doctrine How Method Been The History Of Influence Which
We must also be permitted to bear in mind that evolution, though it may explain everything else, cannot explain itself. Goldwin Smith
Mind Else Everything Everything Else Though Evolution Must Bear Also Permitted Itself May Cannot Explain
Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs. Goldwin Smith
Whatever Other Respecting Both Implied Been Existence May Influences Regard Which Themselves Origin Beings Things

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