 In proportion as men know more and think more, they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems.  Essay on Milton - Page 61by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
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...but particularly in the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more, they look less at individuals, and more at classes. They therefore make belter theories and worse poems. They give us vague phrases instead of images, and personified qualities... | |
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...but particularly in the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more, and think more, they look less at individuals, and more at classes....images, and personified qualities instead of men. They ma)'be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors. But analysis is not the business... | |
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...particuarly in the creations ol'the imagination. Inprojortion as men know more, and think more, they nok less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse >oeme. They give us vague phrases instead of mages, and personified qualities instead of men. They... | |
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...but particularly in the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more, and think more, so many particulars have been preserved. Single stories...stories, whether told by people who were perpetuall personilied qualities instead of men. They may be better able to analyze human nature than their predecessors.... | |
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