On the Origin and Vicissitudes of Literature, Science and Art,: And Their Influence on the Present State of Society. A Discourse, Delivered on the Opening of the Liverpool Royal Institution, 25th November, 1817

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Harris and Company and sold by Cadell and Davis, London., 1817 - 79 sayfa
 

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Sayfa 11 - Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know.
Sayfa 41 - ... opening new sources of wealth and exertion, but by exalting the views, purifying 'the moral taste, enlarging the intellectual and even the physical powers of the human race, and conferring on the nation where they have once florished, a rank and a distinction in the annals of mankind, the most honorable and the most durable that can be attained. It is not merely on industry, but also on the proper application of industry, according to the nature, situation, and productions of a country, that...
Sayfa 61 - That breathed when soul was knit to soul, And heart to heart responsive beat ? What visions rise ! to charm, to melt ! The lost, the loved, the dead, are near ! Oh, hush that strain too deeply felt ! And cease that solace too severe ! But thou, serenely silent art ! By heaven and love wast taught to lend A milder solace to the heart, The sacred image of a friend.
Sayfa 24 - That when the arts and sciences come to perfection in any state, from that moment they naturally, or rather necessarily, decline, and seldom or never revive in that nation where they formerly flourished.
Sayfa 74 - ... the capital may at length be erected, is not only injurious to the concerns of real life, but actually defeats its own object. It is to the union of the pursuits of literature with the affairs of the world, that we are to look forwards towards the improvement of both ; towards the stability and foundation of the one, and the grace and ornament of the other ; and this union is most likely to be effected by establishments in the nature of the present Institution, founded in the midst of a great...
Sayfa 29 - It is impossible," says Mr. Hume, " for the arts and sciences to arise at first among any people, unless that people enjoy the blessing of a free government.
Sayfa 39 - In the arrogant estimation of brutal strength, wisdom and learning are effeminate and con* temptible ; and where those qualities are little esteemed, the attainment of them will no longer excite exertion. Even the interruption which takes place in the intercourse between different states, during the continuance of a war, is itself highly unfavourable to...
Sayfa 72 - A man of benevolence, whose mind is enlarged by philosophy, will indulge the same agreeable anticipations with respect to society ; will view all the different improvements in arts, in commerce, and in the sciences, as co-operating to promote the union, the happiness, and the virtue of mankind...
Sayfa 70 - ... object is to please, and who attribute the enjoyment we derive from them to the bounty of the Creator, who, throughout the whole of his works, has shown, that an attention to order, to elegance, and to beauty, corresponding to certain fixed principles in our constitution, forms a part of his great and beneficent plan. But whilst I admit the full force of this argument, I conceive that, in this instance, there exists no necessity for our separating the ideas of utility and of pleasure, and of...
Sayfa 17 - ... continually declining ; so that the productions of her later years can stand in no degree of comparison with those of her more vigorous youth. From the days of Homer, this has been the general burthen of the poet's song, and has frequently been confirmed by the deliberate sanction of the philosopher. — But although opinions mostly obtain credit by their antiquity, this opinion, in particular, derives no advantage from that circumstance. On the contrary, that very antiquity is the most decisive...

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