The Victorian Age in Prose

action aristocratic class Arnold assent authority Barbarians bathos beauty become believe better called Carlyle character Church civilisation common condition culture divine doctrine England evil existence eyes F. D. Maurice fact faith feeling force Frederic Harrison Giorgione give habits happiness hope human nature human perfection idea ideal imagination increase individual influence intellectual intelligence J. S. Mill kind labour little Samson living look machinery machines mankind matter Matthew Arnold means middle-class mind moral never opinions passion persons Philistines philosophical pleasure poetry political poor Populace powers of sympathy present principle produced progress Protestantism religion religious organisations right reason Samson seemed sense social society sophisms soul speak spirit struggle sweetness and light T. H. Huxley things Thomas Arnold thou thought tion true truth Victorian wealth Whig whole Wilhelm von Humboldt words