Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smithwas a British historian and journalist, active in the United Kingdom and Canada...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth13 August 1823
CountryCanada
personality partiality
Personality is lower than partiality.
scotland kingdoms england
The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.
art believe people
There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they wish to try or making believe to fancy that they wish to try, to bring back the Middle Ages.
political village ottawa
Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit.
doors might canada
Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.
two names canada
Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'
father confederation
The father of confederation is deadlock.
law government rome
Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.
sympathy party humanity
The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.
historical excellence ancient
Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.
discipline soldier citizens
The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.
real humanity fields
The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.
youth strive genesis
In my youth,geology was nervously striving to accommodate itself to Genesis. Now it is Genesis that is striving to accommodate itself to geology.
real civilization england
Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.