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Matthew Arnold Quotes - Page 3

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence.

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence.

Matthew Arnold (1874). “Literature & Dogma: An Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible”, p.128

A wanderer is man from his birth. He was born in a ship On the breast of the river of Time.

Matthew Arnold (2013). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)”, p.197, Delphi Classics

Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.

'Wordsworth' in 'Essays in Criticism' Second Series (1888)

To thee only God granted A heart ever new: To all always open; To all always true.

Matthew Arnold (1857). “Poems ... A new edition”, p.185

Know, man hath all which Nature hath, but more, And in that more lie all his hopes of good.

Matthew Arnold (2013). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)”, p.43, Delphi Classics