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
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It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method of investigation to which it has given birth, upon the study of history, especially the history of institutions.
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Closely approaching Scotland, the northern coast of Ireland in course of time invited Scotch immigration, which formed as it were a Presbyterian Pale.
humanity nations
Above all nations is humanity,
historical excellence ancient
Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.
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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.
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The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.
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The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown.
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But if anyone supposes that there was no commercial fraud in the Middle Ages, let him study the commercial legislation of England for that period, and his mind will be satisfied, if he has a mind to be satisfied and not only a fancy to run away with him.
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As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper.
real humanity fields
The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.
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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.
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Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church.
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The father of confederation is deadlock.
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Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'