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The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
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And see all sights from pole to pole, And glance, and nod, and hustle by And never once possess our soul Before we die.
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Tis not to see the world As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes, And heart profoundly stirred And weep, and feel the fullness of the past, The years that are not more.
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Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.
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Force and right are the governors of this world force till right is ready.
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The power of the Latin classic is in character , that of the Greek is in beauty . Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly.
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