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The quotations of
British poet and cultural critic
1822–1888
24 quotes, most often on Poetry, Politics and Writing.
Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines, and Populace; and America is just ourselves, with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly.
If one were searching for the best means to efface and kill in a whole nation the discipline of self-respect, the feeling for what is elevated, he could do no better than take the American newspapers.
Matthew Arnold1822–1888Matthew Arnold1822–1888Matthew Arnold1822–1888
