Matthew Arnold's Literature and Dogma [pp. 86-100]

&ti Xi kTT1IEW AIINOi~l)iTTIInEary,
Ml-en whio eLar,ry oa Gds euirinnt will, do uiito'Dthiers as
th,.ey w-ould ha thr shiould doI ui,tLo themu. Nn the or-.
der a~ni ~vam of the State. or whi~at na,-tion i~ ever dis bonort(I Psef, or nd ao erei E o'~n iii ii aiil loperptuit.y
by alistee~t Kdscu l,ad trviig to haeits, policies
,after C,,(I'd wi"? Nor d,3e,s i,t fl nihorc. in theo ideal. it ft,amishes.
U,- a -rfect nan, r~loA~ h esr of~ the StmLi~lll: of the1(
fuliie-,,z of hrs"is thie a pira'tion of L di'e Alid a' com pleter in anhood thaa tat ipres.e2cnlc in the -LNoOe' iN-ian'this world
hs P,ot~,i and~ w ilIi- not,qe e. I n ev e ry a-s p-ect- a,d-c re-l,a t i on o f i t
obedience wofk,- tow,,ards, 1recedoii. IVthere theo spirit of the
Lor,-d i,t'r in more thani oneo sensel, ini all best sense,-, is
liberty. TriliLA eiia-ncipat, nn so e-ffectual,.ly andI fually as the
truth of hrist. So ive miay catch up tbe old st aini, andi sa,y, in~
th~e ineetof liboerty- a3 well as of co-nscicrie, it is bette~r to
,obey Go('l hn un even thoughI- the mesa be orcc.
AR-r. /, -N-MATT r'IWHI ARNOLD'S [AlTlE kRTURE AND
DOGM,IA.*
.,yk DuL oA rr~.D., Priinceton.
Tius wnl aclrais~ to be, the-, join,t pro,ducVtion'- of the Zei,!(f-,it, of
literry ethire andofl Dr. Ma-tttheirw Arlioli. It.,, roint of view
and it 1oilsaethose of the,~ Zcilgei,". Ills vanitage griounid
in rs otooaiiaiufor " better ppehnso of thei
B-ib'le," eari fa ttebete expression of wa sapeedd
conie from htrorx culure,in whichl thos — ivlio ho,~ve- heretoforeo
bench-l'~ ec-'.f..%,i theic st-.d~y and,, iaep aon o thbe B-ible,
have hevn'~n-n'1lyif~ not rTdirduly ifcet.'I or~,-rimi
of the 7<! ~~ ~ o- etr ii~i thte prd co f Li,,artic-Llar
wori-, is.v(,jnomw ms ae-cibo iy.,,ore did'l
2nd sup n lte' r-o beisl, t nheic empdir
Mmy cthear nkee:elee. heecoulr otb
~ Li~~~~r tic ~~~ni Lu ji~~~~~t ~~fl t'ltcus ttrP~~Ant~ i e Bible..
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