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Word: antaeus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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After Prof. Shaler's article, readers will probably linger the longest over Mr. Carpenter's clever dialogue on dilettanteism, which is really worthy of close reading. I quote the delightful little summing up of the argument: "The true dilettante is like Antaeus; the oftener you wrestle him out of his prepossessions, the more confirmed does he become in his dilettanteism. The only remedy for eclecticism is more eclecticism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The February "Monthly." | 2/17/1887 | See Source »

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