“The power of the Latin classic is in character, that of the Greek is in beauty. Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly.”

— Matthew Arnold

"Schools and Universities on the Continent" (1868)

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English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector… 1822–1888

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