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Goldwin Smith

Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

We must also be permitted to bear in mind that evolution, though it may explain everything else, cannot explain itself.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

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.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

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.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest.

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Goldwin Smith

If it were a real effort to live in the Middle Ages, your life would be one perpetual prevarication.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens – Thackeray himself.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature.

– Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.

– Goldwin Smith

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