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The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

- Goldwin Smith
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As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper.

The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.

No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest.

It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city.

Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?

Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.

That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.

Personality is lower than partiality.

I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself.

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The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.