Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.

Quote by Thomas B Macaulay

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There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that...

There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that...

Reform, that we may preserve.

Reform, that we may preserve.

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem...

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem...

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us,...

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us,...

There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But...

There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But...

To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country,...

To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country,...

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical...

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical...

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies,...

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies,...

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his...

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his...

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness...

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy...

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy...

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good...

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good...

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare...

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare...

The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...

The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...