And is such a transfer of the highest place from the beauty to the lovableness of conduct to be accounted a gain, when contrasted with the relative position of the two sides among the Greeks and Romans?
Morley debates whether the shift in moral values from beauty to lovableness in Christianity is beneficial compared to ancient cultures.
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I don't myself believe in artful diplomacy; I have no gift for it.
He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.
But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.
But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.
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