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
art expression art-is
Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.
eye political enemy
Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God.
character arrogance commonplace
The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.
race humanity looks
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.
jesus grace humanity
The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown.
personality partiality
Personality is lower than partiality.
scotland kingdoms england
The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.
art believe people
There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they wish to try or making believe to fancy that they wish to try, to bring back the Middle Ages.
political village ottawa
Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit.
doors might canada
Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.
two names canada
Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'
father confederation
The father of confederation is deadlock.
law government rome
Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.
sympathy party humanity
The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.