ISBN: 9780217218399

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899. Excerpt: ... VI TENNYSON''S IDYLLS OF THE KING--AN OUTLOOK UPON THE SOUL''S EPOCHS AND TEACHERS The year 1809 may well be called annus mirabilis for the English-speaking people. That year gave birth to four of the greatest men of the century: Lincoln the emancipator, Darwin the scientist, Gladstone the statesman, and Tennyson the poet. The martyred president gave a new liberty to slaves, the English scientist stands for a new principle in philosophy, the great statesman for a new idea in politics, while the poet led our generation from doubt back, to faith. If the influence of president, prime minister, and philosopher has been more dramatic and imposing, that of the poet has been not less powerful and permanent. If Lincoln destroyed bondage for slaves, Tennyson lent meaning to the new liberty. If Gladstone gave the suffrage to classes hitherto disfranchised, the poet lent men the manhood that justified the suffrage. If Darwin gave a new method to the intellect, Tennyson lent new treasure to the heart and conscience. Passing by the soldier, the philosopher, and the king, God hath given the poet in every age the first place in the affections of the people. That which theologians cannot do, the poets easily accomplish. From David''s far-off era down to the time of Browning and Tennyson, God hath breathed into poems and songs the revelation of His providence and His love. Turretin stands for a full hundred men famed as philosophers and theologians, but men have quite forgotton their dogmatics. Bunyan was an untaught tinker, who wrote a dream of the pilgrim''s progress heavenward, yet his poetic fire still burns and his pilgrim holds on his way as strong and fresh as ever. Not until we know why the rose is sweet, the dewdrop pure, or the rainbow beautiful, said Curtis, ... Newell Dwight Hillis, Books, Fiction and Literature, Great Books As Life-teachers; Studies Of Character, Real And Ideal Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 112 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=172gr, [GR: 25710 - TB/Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeines… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 112 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=172gr, [GR: 25710 - TB/Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeines, Lexika], [SW: - Literature - Classics / Criticism], Kartoniert/Broschiert<

ISBN: 0217218393

ISBN: 0217218393