 Harrison wants to be doing business, and he complains that the man of culture stops him with a "turn for small faultfinding, love of selfish ease, and indecision in action." Of what use is culture, he asks, except for " a critic of new books or a professor...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 52edited by - 1867Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...consideration of circumstances, its severe judgment of actions joined to its merciful judgment of persons. " The man of culture is in politics," cries Mr. Frederic...except for " a critic of new books or a professor of lelli's lettres ? " Why,it is of use because, in presence of the fierce exasperation which breathes,... | |
 | 1867
...books, and site well on a possessor of belles lettres; but as applied to politics, it means simply a turn for small fault-finding, love of selfish ease, and indecision in action. The man of culture is in politics one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1869 - 354 pages
...books, and sits well on a possessor of belles lettres ; but as applied to politics, it means simply a turn for small faultfinding, love of selfish ease, and indecision in action. The man of culture is in politics one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1869 - 350 pages
...books, and sits well on a possessor of belles lettres ; but as applied to politics, it means simply a turn for small faultfinding, love of selfish ease, and indecision in action. The man of culture is in politics one of the poorest mortals alive. For .simple pedantry and want of... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - Fiction - 1875 - 468 pages
...books, and sits well on a professor of ' belles lettres;' but as applied to politics it means simply a turn for small fault-finding, love of selfish ease, and indecision in action. The man of culture is in politics one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry, and want of... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1883 - 420 pages
...consideration of circumstances, the severe judgment of actions joined to the merciful judgment of persons. " The man of culture is in politics," cries Mr. Frederic...except for " a critic of new books or a professor of belles-lettres ? " Why, it is of use because, in presence of the fierce exasperation which breathes,... | |
 | Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 348 pages
...consideration of circumstances, the severe judgment of actions joined to the merciful judgment of persons. " The man of culture is in politics," cries Mr. Frederic...except for " a critic of new books or a professor of belles-lettres ? " Why, it is of use because, in presence of the fierce exasperation which breathes,... | |
 | Henry Codman Potter - Learning and scholarship - 1890 - 32 pages
...books, and sits well on a professor of belles-lettres, but, as applied to politics, it means simply a turn for small fault-finding, love of selfish ease, and indecision in action. The man of culture in politics is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1891 - 438 pages
...books, and sits well on a possessor of belles-lettres ; but as applied to politics, it means simply a turn for small fault-finding, love of selfish ease, and indecision in action. The man of culture is in politics one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - English periodicals - 1892 - 548 pages
...books, and sits well on a professor of belles lettres ; but as applied to politics, it means simply a turn for small fault-finding, love of selfish ease, and indecision in action. The man of culture is one of the poorest creatures alive." If culture means this, then assuredly Mr.... | |
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