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Word: invert (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...then asserted that culture results from morality; the absurdity of which statement becomes evident in the necessary deduction that George III. and a Chinese bonze would both be men of high culture. If the writer will but allow me to invert his proposition, I can cordially agree; for it will ever be true that high moral character is the most perfect blossom of true culture. It is worthy of notice that the writer, after a peculiarly spiteful attack on Harvard men, defines culture as perfect sympathy "with every mood, passion, and failing in all ages and climes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN EVOLUTIONIST AGAIN. | 11/26/1875 | See Source »

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