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Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn
Japanese Author
Born: Jun 27, 1850
Died: Sep 26, 1904
Any Beautiful Bible English Great Man
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In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development. Lafcadio Hearn
Work Beautiful Art Time Reality World Minds More Development Longer Make Sure Greater May Different Which Required Assisted Number
Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. Lafcadio Hearn
Change Signs Some Contemporary West Literature Ethical Shown
Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics. Lafcadio Hearn
Matter Ethics Tolerance Broad Part New Beliefs Necessarily
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language. Lafcadio Hearn
Great Language Made King Monument Version Famous James Literary English English Language Last
Any idealism is a proper subject for art. Lafcadio Hearn
Art Proper Idealism Subject Any
Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away. Lafcadio Hearn
Bible Enthusiasm Inspiration Faded Accordingly Northern Quite Races Europe Found Away
To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream. Lafcadio Hearn
Stream Way Ancient Silver River Heaven Fancy Chinese Milky Way Luminous
For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete. Lafcadio Hearn
Education Knowledge Bible Incomplete Relation Would Would-Be Some General General Knowledge Study Without Leave Very Literary Literature Reason English English Literature
As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage. Lafcadio Hearn
Savage Great Man Better Result Control Circumstances Moral Physical Able More Civilized He Advantage Highly Over Himself Than Being Endure Whether Strain Great Advantage
There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill himself would have seemed cowardly, as implying fear of being killed by others. Lafcadio Hearn
Man Fear Men Cowardly Duty Every Suicide Others Considered Would Seemed Implying Himself Because His Very North Get Being Little Among Every Man
There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. Lafcadio Hearn
Woman Natural Old Type Destiny Poetry Prevents Maid Seldom Misfortune Ideal Sorrow Very Old Maid Fulfilling Whom Her
There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view. Lafcadio Hearn
Bible Book Thought First Some Only Both Emotion Student Points Study Methods Any Being Literary Literature Should View Workmanship Second Two
Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was. Lafcadio Hearn
Beautiful Bible Believe Say Some Only Since How Discover Began Persons Englishmen
Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true. Lafcadio Hearn
Latter Gut General Only Poetry Students Part True Idea Between Longer Perhaps Cultivate Western Short Difference Former Forms Japanese Among
Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it. Lafcadio Hearn
Life Man Marriage Simple Important Everything Fact Most Course America Depends The Most Important Explanation Act Europe
It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese. Lafcadio Hearn
Indeed East More Poetry True Cultivated Been Than Modern Quite Short Anything Literature Forms Japanese Far Far East Europe European Found
It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race. Lafcadio Hearn
Work Bible Exaggeration Language Will Say Shakespeare More Written Spoken Greatest Than Influence Literature Race Much Next English English Literature Even
It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality. Lafcadio Hearn
Respect Every Other Has-Been Rapidly Morality More Observed Wisely Greatest Been Than Modern Mankind Thinkers
Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles. Lafcadio Hearn
Great Religion You Respect Woman Women Will Men Find Religious Only Noble Perhaps Well Judging Go Accorded America Same Just Chance Treating
French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow. Lafcadio Hearn
Great Marriage Women World Treat Great Deal Adultery Relations Sexes Would About Allow Generally Between French Deal After Which Lovers Public English Many Novels Things Consequently

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