 ... which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing, to lead him towards perfection, by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the absolute beauty and fitness of things.  In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers - الصفحة 73بواسطة Agnes Repplier - 1894 - عدد الصفحات: 235عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 1008
...restore it to its " pure intellectual sphere " and to keep its high aim constantly before him, " which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing; to lead him towards perfection, by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the... | |
 | 1924 - عدد الصفحات: 708
...inspector (who is a critic) as they are to literary compositions. The purpose of criticism, he tells us, "is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing, to lead him towards perfection, by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself." Therefore,... | |
 | 1887 - عدد الصفحات: 716
...aud controversial, that it has so ill accomplished, in this country, its best spiritual work; which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing, to lead him towards perfection, by making his mind dwell upon what Is excellent in itself, and the... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1894 - عدد الصفحات: 928
...weaker in her social emancipation than in her social bondage. The word " Virago," in the Renaissance, meant a woman of culture, character, and charm ; a...really like to be told is that they are doing all tilings well, and have nothing to learn from anybody. This is the reiterated message from the gods... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...restore it to its "pure intellectual sphere," and to keep its high aim constantly before him, "which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing; to lead him towards perfection by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the absolute... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...restore it to its "pure intellectual sphere," and to keep its high aim constantly before him, "which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing; to lead him towards perfection by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the absolute... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...restore it to its " pure intellectual sphere," and to keep its high aim constantly before him, "which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing; to lead him towards perfection by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the absolute... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...restore it to its " pure intellectual sphere," and to keep its high aim constantly before him, "which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing; to lead him towards perfection by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the absolute... | |
 | Melville Best Anderson - 1896 - عدد الصفحات: 94
...growth come the creative epochs of literature." 3. Influence upon the mind.— Its best spiritual work is '' to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing, to lead him toward perfection, by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the absolute... | |
 | 1899 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...out of this stir and growth come the creative epochs of literature." Criticism's best spiritual work is "to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing, to lead him toward perfection by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the absolute... | |
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