...the theory he would have substituted for it. Culture, says Mr. Arnold in his Preface (page x.), is "a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world." In this...

...broad sense of the term, that is : "total perfection by means of getting to know, on all matters that most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world." The scholarly nature of his writings is such that they will probably not appeal deeply to the Aattbew Brnolo...

...the essay is to recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties ; culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world ; and through...

...set of circumstances," Arnold proclaims almost in Emerson's words. We must attain this perfection by getting to know "on all matters which most concern us, the best which has been known and thought in the world ; and through this knowledge, turning a stream of fresh and free thought...

...that theory of culture which Matthew Arnold long afterwards defined as " getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world." During the first two years of its publication, " The Dial " was edited by Margaret Fuller....

...following essay is to recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties, culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world." • - Culture...

...recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties, ' ' and lie defines culture as the " pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been f thrown away and only render their owner...

...recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties, ' ' and he defines culture as the " pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thrown away and only render their owner...

...to a method of spiritual discipline and search. Culture is "the pursuit of our total perfection by getting to know, on all matters which most concern...us, the best which has been thought and said in the world; and thus with the history of the human spirit." This endeavor, he explains, "is an inward operation."...

...difficulties; culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world [Shaftesbury, too, like Arnold, is insistent on the exemplaria Graca] ; and through this knowledge,...