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... fact of old age . How often must words such as his echo through the halls of homes for the aged ! How unfavorably he contrasts with the calm valor of Nestor , to whom infirmity was no less a burden ! Take Manfred , guilty of incest ...
... fact of old age . How often must words such as his echo through the halls of homes for the aged ! How unfavorably he contrasts with the calm valor of Nestor , to whom infirmity was no less a burden ! Take Manfred , guilty of incest ...
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... facts with an undaunted spirit . " Celtic Titan- ism , " on the other hand , as Arnold defines it , is “ an indomitable reaction against the despotism of fact " ; in other words , a denial of fact . It is a mood utterly different from ...
... facts with an undaunted spirit . " Celtic Titan- ism , " on the other hand , as Arnold defines it , is “ an indomitable reaction against the despotism of fact " ; in other words , a denial of fact . It is a mood utterly different from ...
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... fact , a peculiar Arnoldean twist to their universal significance . A realization of this fact comes only after detailed and comprehensive study , for Arnold himself insufficiently explained what he read into his touch- stones ...
... fact , a peculiar Arnoldean twist to their universal significance . A realization of this fact comes only after detailed and comprehensive study , for Arnold himself insufficiently explained what he read into his touch- stones ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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