...in general, its course is determined for it by the idea which is the law of-its being ; the idea of a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, and thus to establish a current of fresh and true ideas. By the' very nature of things,...

...may think of The Cloud of Witness, they cannot fail to recognize in it what Matthew Arnold called ' a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.' We have only to add that the book itself is daintily bound and beautifully printed,...

...prejudice, as it has been represented either in the Edinburgh or in the Quarterly Review, but " the disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world." Real criticism, he says, is essentially the exercise of "curiosity as to ideas and all...

...value of just criticism which is defined by Mr. Arnold — one of the ablest of living critics — as " a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world." * Although the critical is secondary to the creative faculty, it has nevertheless a...

...one of the finest living critics, is this : — While acknowledging most freely that Criticism is an endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, I dispute the appropriateness of Mr. Matthew Arnold's qualification when he calls it...

...one of the finest living critics, is this : — While acknowledging most freely that Criticism is an endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, I dispute the appropriateness of Mr. Matthew Arnold's qualification when he calls it...

...one of the finest living critics, is this : — While acknowledging most freely that Criticism is an endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, I dispute the appropriateness of Mr. Matthew Arnold's qualification when he calls it...

...art of judging well, but rather the business of passing judgment. Matthew Arnold defines criticism as "a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world;" but although this definition fits in well enough with a lofty view of the functions...

...given us a definition of criticism. According to Matthew Arnold's well-known formula, criticism is " a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world." Taine says : " The critic is the naturalist of the soul. He accepts its various forms...

...given us a definition of criticism. According to Matthew Arnold's well-known formula, criticism is " a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world." Taine says : " The critic is the naturalist of the soul. He accepts its various forms...