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In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.

George Henry Lewes

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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
Writer
London
England
Art
Instruction
Appeals
Intellect
Emotions
Emotion
Pleasure
Purpose
Paramount
Science
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Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
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If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
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Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
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A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.
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If a work of art is placed before me, I believe I can enjoy it but I do not overlook the fact, that Art is one thing, another thing Amusement and that people do like amusements, and will run after it.
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Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.
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Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
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A man must be himself convinced if he is to convince others. The prophet must be his own disciple, or he will make none. Enthusiasm is contagious: belief creates belief.
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The artist is called a creator.
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The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer's mind.
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Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.
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Pliny... makes the statement, and for untrustworthiness of statement he cannot easily be surpassed.
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Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.
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No deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by logic.
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To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.
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Roger Bacon, a disciple of the Arabs, also insisted on the primary necessity of Mathematics, without which no other science can be known yet by Mathematics it is clear that he meant something very different from what we mean, including under that head even dancing, singing, gesticulation, and performance on musical instruments.
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The history of the race is but that of the individual writ large.
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Over the meeting of the lovers I draw a veil. The burst of rapture with which they clasped each other in a wild embrace -- the many inquiries -- the fond regrets and thrilling hopes -- it is out of my power to convey. Let me, therefore, leave them to their happiness.
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