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Goldwin Smith quotes: That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.

That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.

Goldwin Smith quotes: Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.

Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.

Goldwin Smith quotes: Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.

Goldwin Smith quotes: Personality is lower than partiality.

Personality is lower than partiality.

Goldwin Smith quotes: In my youth,geology was nervously striving to accommodate itself to Genesis. Now it is Genesis that is striving to accommodate itself to geology.

In my youth,geology was nervously striving to accommodate itself to Genesis. Now it is Genesis that is striving to accommodate itself to geology.

Goldwin Smith quotes: Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Goldwin Smith quotes: I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself.

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 quotes: Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'

Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'

Goldwin Smith quotes: The father of confederation is deadlock.

The father of confederation is deadlock.

Goldwin Smith quotes: Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.

Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.

Goldwin Smith quotes: We Jews regard our race as superior to all humanity, and look forward, not to its ultimate union with other races, but to its triumph over them.

We Jews regard our race as superior to all humanity, and look forward, not to its ultimate union with other races, but to its triumph over them.

Goldwin Smith quotes: The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.

The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.

Goldwin Smith quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Goldwin Smith quotes: The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown.

The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown.

Goldwin Smith quotes: Above all nations is humanity.

Above all nations is humanity.

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

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

Goldwin Smith quotes: The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.

The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.

Goldwin Smith quotes: Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.

Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.

Goldwin Smith quotes: Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit.

Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit.