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Page 92
... Dante seem , moreover , to be essentially superficial . It is unobjectionable , of course , to desig- nate him as an eminent master of style ; but when we are told that " Dante's task was to set forth the lesson of the world from the ...
... Dante seem , moreover , to be essentially superficial . It is unobjectionable , of course , to desig- nate him as an eminent master of style ; but when we are told that " Dante's task was to set forth the lesson of the world from the ...
Page 98
... Dante represents all mankind ; as Witte remarks , " The poet stands as the type of the whole race of fallen man , called to salvation . ” We may be sure that Arnold was more concerned with the power of virtue " to remove those living in ...
... Dante represents all mankind ; as Witte remarks , " The poet stands as the type of the whole race of fallen man , called to salvation . ” We may be sure that Arnold was more concerned with the power of virtue " to remove those living in ...
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... Dante from Vossler's imputation of casu- istry ; but if he was , as Shelley said , a philosopher " of the very loftiest power , " his philosophy , nevertheless , was essentially that of Thomas Aquinas - and when Vossler calls Dante Thom ...
... Dante from Vossler's imputation of casu- istry ; but if he was , as Shelley said , a philosopher " of the very loftiest power , " his philosophy , nevertheless , was essentially that of Thomas Aquinas - and when Vossler calls Dante Thom ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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