Word: sought
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Wordsworth had been convinced, perhaps against his will, that a great part of human suffering had its root in the nature of man, and not in that of his institutions. Where was the remedy to be found, if remedy indeed there were? It was to be sought at least only in an improvement wrought by those moral influences that build up and buttress the personal character. Goethe taught the self-culture that results in self-possession, in breadth and impartiality of view, and in equipoise of mind. Wordsworth inculcated that self-development through intercourse with man and nature which leads...
...popular,- Cowley, to whom the Muse gave every gift but one, the gift of the unexpected and inevitable word. Nor can mere originality assure the interest of posterity, else why are Chaucer and Gray familiar, while Donne, one of the subtlest and most self-irradiating minds that ever sought an outlet in verse, is known only...
...further purpose than to force Congress to pass laws for their own welfare, not for the good of the country. And these vagabonds may be said to be a representative body of American people, for always since the founding of the nation, have states, corporations, and individuals continually sought to make the governing bodies pass laws for their personal benefit. "Never mind the country," they say, "just pass this law for us." With such a state of things, is there not need of patriotism? And if there is need of intelligent men who will sacrifice themselves for their country...
...history of art, not only because of what they built up but because of what they pulled down. It was they who dealt the death blow to religion as the object of art. This does not mean that religious subjects were discarded by them, but that they sought art truth rather than religious truth. For them a Venus was as good as a Madonna. They were interested in art for art's sake, not for the sake of religion...
...development upon which the school is moving. It has been made plain to us all before that to raise the standard must increase the permanent, as against the transitory, welfare of the school. Reputation for ability of graduates and not notoriety for number of students is always to be sought...