Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American

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Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American

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Thomas H. Huxley

THE HARVARD CLASSICS

EDITED BY CHARLES W ELIOT LL D

ESSAYS ENGLISH AND AMERICAN

WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

"DR ELIOT'S FIVE-FOOT SHELF OF BOOKS"

P F COLLIER & SON NEW YORK

WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

"DR ELIOT'S FIVE-FOOT SHELF OF BOOKS"

P F COLLIER & SON NEW YORK

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

JONATHAN SWIFT[1]

THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY

I. WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY?

II. SITE OF A UNIVERSITY

III. UNIVERSITY LIFE AT ATHENS

THE STUDY OF POETRY

MATTHEW ARNOLD

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

THE STUDY OF POETRY[1]

Fragment of Homer's Iliad [3]

Fragment of Homer's Iliad [4]

Fragment of Homer's Iliad [5]

SESAME AND LILIES

JOHN RUSKIN

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

SESAME AND LILIES

LECTURE I—SESAME OF KINGS' TREASURIES[1]

SESAME AND LILIES

LECTURE—II—LILIES[1] OF QUEENS' GARDENS.

JOHN MILTON

WALTER BAGEHOT

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

JOHN MILTON[1]

(1859)

SCIENCE AND CULTURE

THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

SCIENCE AND CULTURE[1]

RACE AND LANGUAGE

EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

RACE AND LANGUAGE[1]

TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE

SAMUEL PEPYS

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE

SAMUEL PEPYS

THE DIARY

A LIBERAL GENIUS

RESPECTABILITY

ON THE ELEVATION OF THE LABORING CLASSES

WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

ON THE ELEVATION OF THE LABORING CLASSES

LECTURE II

THE POETIC PRINCIPLE

EDGAR ALLAN POE

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

THE POETIC PRINCIPLE

WALKING

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

WALKING

[1862]

THE OLD MARLBOROUGH ROAD

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

DEMOCRACY

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

1864-1865

DEMOCRACY

INAUGURAL ADDRESS ON ASSUMING THE PRESIDENCY OF THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND INSTITUTE, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, 6 OCTOBER, 1884

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

JONATHAN SWIFT[1]

THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY

I. WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY?

II. SITE OF A UNIVERSITY

III. UNIVERSITY LIFE AT ATHENS

THE STUDY OF POETRY

MATTHEW ARNOLD

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

THE STUDY OF POETRY[1]

Fragment of Homer's Iliad [3]

Fragment of Homer's Iliad [4]

Fragment of Homer's Iliad [5]

SESAME AND LILIES

JOHN RUSKIN

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

SESAME AND LILIES

LECTURE I—SESAME OF KINGS' TREASURIES[1]

SESAME AND LILIES

LECTURE—II—LILIES[1] OF QUEENS' GARDENS.

JOHN MILTON

WALTER BAGEHOT

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

JOHN MILTON[1]

(1859)

SCIENCE AND CULTURE

THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

SCIENCE AND CULTURE[1]

RACE AND LANGUAGE

EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

RACE AND LANGUAGE[1]

TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE

SAMUEL PEPYS

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE

SAMUEL PEPYS

THE DIARY

A LIBERAL GENIUS

RESPECTABILITY

ON THE ELEVATION OF THE LABORING CLASSES

WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

ON THE ELEVATION OF THE LABORING CLASSES

LECTURE II

THE POETIC PRINCIPLE

EDGAR ALLAN POE

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

THE POETIC PRINCIPLE

WALKING

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

WALKING

[1862]

THE OLD MARLBOROUGH ROAD

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

DEMOCRACY

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

1864-1865

DEMOCRACY

INAUGURAL ADDRESS ON ASSUMING THE PRESIDENCY OF THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND INSTITUTE, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, 6 OCTOBER, 1884

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