My function is that of the aesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher — the rousing of the nobler emotions, which make mankind desire the social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by... The Twentieth Century - Page 4871885Full view - About this book
| 1885 - 478 pages
...contrary decision, I should not have remained silent till now. My function is that of the wsthetic, not the doctrinal teacher ; the rousing of the nobler...social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is not the best judge.... | |
| 1885 - 1234 pages
...friends, the judgment of history. She has said of herself that her function is that of the aesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher — the rousing of the nobler...wit and the descriptive power diminish visibly, and the bare didactic granite shows through the cultivated surface. She began as an essayist, and ended... | |
| 1885 - 612 pages
...describes her position with absolute accuracy. •• My function," she says, " is that of the aesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher. The rousing of the nobler...right, •not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is often not the best... | |
| 1885 - 1020 pages
...several other instances that may be found in the same pages. " My function is that of the (esthetic, not the doctrinal teacher ; the rousing of the nobler...social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is often not the best... | |
| George Eliot - 1885 - 512 pages
...contrary decision, I should not have remained silent till now. My function is that of the (esthetic, not the doctrinal teacher — the rousing of the nobler...social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is often not the best... | |
| George Eliot - 1885 - 502 pages
...have remained silent till now. My function is that of the cesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher—the rousing of the nobler emotions, which make mankind...social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is often not the best... | |
| Mary Ann Evans - 1885 - 506 pages
...have remained silent till now. My function is that of the (esthetic, not the doctrinal teacher—the rousing of the nobler emotions, which make mankind...social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is often not the best... | |
| 1885 - 612 pages
...well described it, " that of the aesthetic, not the doctrinal, tcr.clicr—the rousing of the r.obler emotions, which make mankind desire the social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is often not the best... | |
| Henry James - 1888 - 492 pages
...several other instances that may be found in the same pages. " My function is that of the oesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher ; the rousing of the nobler...social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is often not the best... | |
| Joseph Jacobs - 1891 - 192 pages
...George Eliot's calling as she viewed its functions : — . ' My function is that of the (esthetic, not the ' doctrinal teacher — the rousing of the...right, not the prescribing of special ' measures, concerning which the artistic mind, ' however strongly moved by social sympathy, ' is often not the... | |
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